The
state Odisha is a place of arts and artists. There are many kinds of arts are
found in all over the state, one of the fine art form is “Dhokra art” this art
is very popular in all over the state and also in all over the country. Various
products of this Dhokra art are: Dhokra horses,
elephants, peacocks, owls, religious images, measuring bowls, and lamp caskets and
many more others. These art pieces are very much liked by peoples of Odisha,
also in foreign countries people like these products very much, Especially in
American countries, European countries and in Australian countries people like
this Dhokra art.
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| Handicrafts of Odisha available online |
This art are basically made by lost-wax casting technique. Lost-wax technique is a technique in
which a duplicate metal sculpture is cast from an original
sculpture. Dependent on the sculptor's skills, intricate works can be achieved
by this lost-wax method. This lost-wax technique was very old technique in India,
India skilled Dhokra artist had been used this technique over 4,000 years and
is still also they are using this. The Dhokra art pieces are so popular that
people in all over the world want these products to decorate their homes but
availability of these products in markets of different countries is not
sufficiently present. So people those want these products are not getting these
properly. And the Dhokra artists are also not capable of selling their products
in international markets. Which causes lose for both manufactures and consumers.
Onlineshopping technique help in this case, by the online shopping technique the
availability of the Dhokra products are increases in all over the globe, so
people can purchase it easily. Another important thing is the consumers don’t
need to go anywhere for purchasing the products they can buy Dhokra products
from their homes. So popularity of this art more increases by this online
shopping technology. And also it helps Dhokra manufactures in selling their
products.
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