State 02 · Bhilwara & Shahpura
Rajasthan
Phad scrolls & miniature painting
A phad is a scroll several metres long that a bhopa unrolls at night and sings his way across, lamp in hand, telling a folk hero's whole life from one end of the cloth to the other. It is painting made to be performed, not hung — which is exactly why it is worth putting on a wall.
- What we are sourcingFull phad scrolls, shorter narrative panels, and miniature work on handmade paper.
- Where fromThe scroll-painting families of Bhilwara and Shahpura, and miniature workshops around Udaipur.
- What we are still working outHonest pricing on very large scrolls, and how to ship a five-metre cloth without a crease.
- Likely price bandWe expect smaller panels to start near the price of a mid-size patta, with full scrolls well above it.
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Next in line
We do not photograph a single piece until we have sat in the workshop. This page fills up the week we get back.
In the meantime
Odisha is open.
Fifteen Pattachitra paintings from the villages around Puri, each one painted to order over three to eight weeks.