Hand made jewellery

I went to the Commercial street again:) . I told you that I love to window shop there.

As usual went through the artery streets looking for something interesting.

Found an old lady selling hand made jewellery.

Its difficult to believe that you can buy such good designs on the streets. She does not have a shop. Just a wood stand that holds all jewellery.

In India, especially in our state Tamilnadu usually balloons and small toys for kids are found displayed in this wood stand. Its portable so the vendors usually carry them with their hands and balanced on their shoulders.
Mostly in festivals you will find these vendors, or outside temples.

I was surprised to see so many jewellery hanging out there:)

I asked her if it was handmade, she said in Hindi, yes hand made. Such creativity.

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Jewellery lane in Bangalore, India

I always love to visit the Commercial street in Bangalore. This has been a fashion street for many years. Though there are so many malls that have come all over Bangalore, I feel this street still holds its charm. You get all types of designer salwars and sarees etc. This street is also popular for footwear. These are sold on either sides of the street. And you will find such beautiful designs which very much attracts college girls crowd. These are available in latest designs and at very affordable cost. Quality check is in your hands. 

But what really lures me atleast once a week there is the arrival of newly designed jewellery on the street on either side. I have never seen this array of jewellery (as far as I have travelled) displayed on the street. You will find atleast 50 shops displaying different jewellery.

Especially Diwali time you should visit this street. Its chaos everywhere. Trending jewellery and clothes are everywhere.

Wire mesh bracelet

My friend wanted to get a bracelet in gold and we went to a reputed shop in Bangalore.

Generally I accompany my friends or cousins to the gold jewellery shops since I have technical knowledge to a certain extent.

We were shown beautiful antique designs. We were unable to make our minds up.

If the design is beautiful, the stone weight and their rate was high or the labour charges were very high.

We could not get all together. I know its asking too much. Beautiful design, less labour charges, less stone charges; we cannot get all.

So we decided on a beautiful mesh bangle. It had a very beautiful finish, a lovely design, very less stone so less charges for the stone, but the labour charge was more.

But we also had to see the budget. Others were exceeding the budget so we settled on this and bought it.

Long hair jewellery

These are jewellery that are worn on the plait of girls/ ladies, either when they attain their puberty or during their wedding or during their baby-shower function.

Small girls also dress up for festivals like this. These jewellery above are made of metals other than silver and gold. These are made of maybe copper or brass. Usually very affluent people buy this jewellery in silver or gold. Others all buy that are made in copper or brass.

Some Bharathanatiyam dancers also wear these.

I happened to go to a market in Bangalore, where they had these displayed on false hair. I requested the jewellery store owner and took pictures.

My first e-book on kindle on Terracota jewellery

Elated and excited about publishing a book on kindle. A long time dream come true.

It has been a dream for so many years to publish books. But I was ready with the manuscript on Technical writing. But somehow never had the guts to do it.

Last month, my son suggested that I publish on kindle. Immediately I started to write on Terracota jewellery. Was waiting to finish few jewellery. My friend Uma helped in completing the jewellery and we took pictures of it.

I would like to thank all my blog readers. Without your viewership I would not have had the confidence to write. Now more confident to write on silver jewellery too.


The title is " How Terracota (natural clay) jewellery is made in India." kavitha balakrishnan

https://www.amazon.com/Terracotta-natural-clay-jewellery-India-ebook/dp/B00TQZXP34


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