Jaipur Trip Overview
In this personalized live experience of Meenakari, the participants will learn under the mentor Jaswant Kumar Meenakar, an artist whose family has been practicing this form for more than 450 yrs. The artist is passionate about preserving and spreading this handmade art which is his family legacy. Jaswant Ji is a National Merit Award recipient.
While giving special and personalized attention to everyone, he makes sure that no one misses out on any information or learnings. The workshop is held at his studio only, so the participants also get to see the maestro’s personal exhibits.
Meenakari is normally done by creating a design on brass, copper, silver, and gold with the help of simple tools. The engraved design on the metal is filled with colored enamels to have a final vibrant output.
The art piece created at the end of the workshop can be taken back as a souvenir along with a certificate.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Jaipur, India
Trip Category: Classes & Workshops >> Craft Classes
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In this personalized live experience of Meenakari, the participants will learn under the mentor Jaswant Kumar Meenakar, an artist whose family has been practicing this form for more than 450 yrs. The artist is passionate about preserving and spreading this handmade art which is his family legacy. Jaswant Ji is a National Merit Award recipient.
While giving special and personalized attention to everyone, he makes sure that no one misses out on any information or learnings. The workshop is held at his studio only, so the participants also get to see the maestro’s personal exhibits.
Meenakari is normally done by creating a design on brass, copper, silver, and gold with the help of simple tools. The engraved design on the metal is filled with colored enamels to have a final vibrant output.
The art piece created at the end of the workshop can be taken back as a souvenir along with a certificate.
Itinerary
In this personalized Live Experience with Artist Jaswant Kumar Meenakar, the participants will -see through the eyes of an artist on how to handle intricate meenakari work, understand the process of Meenakari / Enameling, live demonstration of what goes into this elaborate process, learn the different materials and techniques used, learn how the metal piece is carved out of the sheet and given a form, learn how the engraving is done on the ready metal piece, understand the different tools used for Meenakari / Enameling, gather knowledge about the colors are made from the natural stones, learn through the artist instructions how are colors filled in the engraved piece, see the artist work area and understand how the piece is kept in the kiln for colors to melt and harden.
After taking you through the entire process, the artist also briefs you about where you can procure the material and tools for the art form.
