The sikki grass articles made by the ladies of north Bihar are completely distinctive. Sikki appears to develop essentially anyplace in this area even by the roadside. It is generally magnetic for its tall and rich and with a beautiful brilliant shade. It is out just once after the downpours and the cut pieces are saved for utilization all through the year.
Sikki grass colored in red, blue, dark and gold is innovatively wrought into a mixture of articles, for example crate and boxes, human figures, copies of divine beings and goddesses, toys, creatures, feathered creatures and models of chariots and sanctuaries. The coveted shapes are usually molded with customary grass called khar which is looped and encased in the relax sikki, while large portions of the themes are determined from the neighborhood tantric conventions.
Sikki is gotten from the dried stems of a succulent plant. The upper divide of the stem, which holds blooms, is tossed and the remaining parcel cut into little pieces and saved for making magnetic sikki ware. The resplendent yellow sikki is utilized to make exquisite dolls, toys, and wicker container utilizing the winding strategy. When being woven the grass is colored in shining translucent colours and the sparkling resplendent grass, shining through the paint, gives the articles their trademark glow. The winding system which is the most senior is utilized within sikki. The regular long grass is curled and sewed together with the sikki, colored in some diverse shades utilizing a thick needle called takua. Particularly in developing the sculptress structures, the entire advance is made by the curls. These structures are totally people and in a style all their own.
The principle location for the tortoise shell creating is in Andhra Pradesh area of Vishakapatnam where essentially trinket boxes are made in mix with bone. The shell surface of the crate is secured with complicated designs of bone fretwork so the orange shine of the shell might be seen through this punctured silky design. The designs incorporate fine geometrical examples, epic objects animals bordered by floral themes.
