Wood Sculptures

Wood Sculpture has flourished in India over the centuries. Sculptures made from wood are very popular. Traditional designs are carved on wood and then sometims painted over giving the whole object a rich effect. Statues made from walnut wood come from three parts of the tree - the branches, the trunk and the root. The branches have the palest colour of wood and the trunk the darkest. Branches have no veins, trunks have the strongest marked veins. As walnut is a soft wood, it takes carving very well. Dolls and other items made of sandalwood, rosewood, walnutwood and ivory are of artistic excellence. Our growing collection of wooden sculptures has Hindu Gods, Goddesses, statues of Gautam Buddha, bowls and flower vases with intricate Indian carvings, amongst other things.