The jail’s wood-carving class started in 2010, Mandavi says. The Chhattisgarh state government provided 50,000 Indian rupees ($925) in funding.

It is said the family learned wood carving from the temple workers of Thanjavur and its neighbouring villages before it left to establish a workshop at Thammampatti.

Carving letters and numbers into wood is one of my favorite projects. Although many wood species can be chip carved, beginners will have the best luck with basswood, knot-free pine or poplar.

This story is from September 2, 2019 When Ganesha inspired Kaavi art, wood carving Rajendra P Kerkar / TNN / Updated: Sep 2, 2019, 12:53 IST Follow us ...

Over the years, she has trained around 1,000 people in the craft of wood carving. Her efforts have not only elevated her income to Rs 40,000-Rs 50,000 per month but also contributed to the ...

Thirty school and college students picked up the basics of wood carving at a daylong workshop at Maker’s Loft on Ballygunge Park Road on Wednesday. Teaching them the skill were makers of traditional ...