For years, nameless artisans have produced arts and crafts that has decorated buildings, our homes, clothes and other things in Pakistan and other parts of the world without getting the due credit they deserve.
Please post examples of arts and crafts of Pakistan.
Truck Art
With its all colorful floral patterns, depiction of human heroes with creative aspect ratios, calligraphy of poetic verses and driver’s words of wisdom, this form of art is truly a part of Pakistani transport tradition.
These truck bodies are immaculately painted by the street artists who can be found at Truck stands all across the country. e.g. Hawkes Bay/Mauripur Road Road Karachi, Pir Wadhai Rawalpindi, Badami Bagh Lahore, Sariab Road Quetta etc. These hired artists then paint the whole truck in brightly colored patterns. It is said that everty city’s artists have perfected their art in their own signature way. Trucks decorated in Quetta and Peshawar get lots of wood trimming where as those in Rawalpindi get lots of plastic decoration. Karachi excels in using reflective tapes, also called ‘chamak patty’ in local language. Camel bone decoration is used by artists of rural Sindh.
Pakistani trucks are also used as means of displaying the owner or the Painter’s Poetic taste. It also serves as a calligraphic board as well as a notice board for public messages.
The truck owners and truck artists of Pakistan also pay homage to their heroes and heroines in their own innocent ways. These painting do not strictly follow the aspect ratio of real life figures.
*Source/More information: Pakistan’s Indigenous Art of Truck Painting : ALL THINGS PAKISTAN
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Chiniot Wood - Carving**
Chiniot is famous world-wide for the quality and intricacy of its wood carving. An ancient city, it’s located on the bank of Chenab. The carvers of Chiniot have achieved a level of craft and creativity and good that other artisans in Pakistan and around the world can only hope to attain. A special kind of furniture and brightly colored lacquered woodcarving is made in chiniot. Everything under the sun which can be made out of wood is made here. Tables, beds, swings, treasure chests, you name it, it’s made there.
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