Having worked with coconut shells for over two decades, artist Shalily Sajad has transitioned to a new medium – three-dimensional sculptural painting. The 52-year-old from Lenggeng, Negeri Sembilan ...

UDUPI: His story in a nutshell: He creates art pieces from coconuts. The ones carved by Venkataramana Bhat are beautiful enough to make a collector’s item. The discovery of art in coconut shells has ...

As a child, M. Sakthi Ganesh used to cover the walls of his house in Thanjavur with scrawls. Instead of reprimanding him, his mother Prema encouraged his doodles. Little did he realise then that his ...

KOCHI: “Most households in south India make use of coconuts. So why not make something out the shells instead of discarding them and polluting the environment,” says Ananda Perumal, a bank ...

Panaji: Ten years after its initial rejection, the state’s handicraftsmen are hopeful of receiving the prestigious Geographical Indication (GI) tag for their iconic coconut carving and shell items.

The local traditional handmade products such as Mangaluru toys, coconut shell art crafts, driftwood, Channapatna wooden toys, lacquerware, pressed flowers and leaves art, handmade art and craft ...