About Samode (Art & Craft)

The village streets are inhabited by various craft communities engaged in diverse crafts such as block printing, weaving of carpets, stone and paper painting, gem stonecutting, pottery, traditional jooti-making, metal works and lac work-bangles.

Vibrant lacquer (popularly called Lac) bangles offer a befitting contrast to the desert state of India. Embellished, in most cases, with glass chatons, these bangles are made of Lac, which is the sap collected from a banyan tree. It is dried, coloured and flattened before being moulded into lovely trinkets.

Artists here are adept in the detailed craftsmanship of miniature paintings, done on old paper with natural dyes. Intricacy finds a new meaning in these miniatures that celebrate the valour of the erstwhile Maharajas and the opulence of Mughal court life.