{"id":109792,"date":"2026-06-25T12:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=109792"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:56:55","slug":"thewa-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/thewa-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Thewa Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Thewa Art Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Prime Minister of India presented Thewa motif cufflinks to the Slovak President in his recent visit to Slovakia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Thewa Art<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>unique form of jewelry making<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is completely <\/span><b>handcrafted.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an intricate and elegant form of <\/span><b>jewelry-making<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>involves fusing gold onto colored glass<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to create intricate designs and patterns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was evolved in <\/span><b>Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a 400- year-old art work that was first crafted by <\/span><b>Nathu Lal Sonewal in the 18th century.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The word Thewa is derived from the local dialect of the <\/span><b>region and means \u2018setting\u2019.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Thewa Art work received its <\/span><b>Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2014.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Process of Thewa Art\u00a0 Work<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The core uniqueness of Thewa lies in its secret <\/span><b>thermal bonding process; hand-carved 23-carat gold foil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is permanently fused <\/span><b>onto a base of multi-colored glass<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without using any glue, solder, or synthetic pasting materials.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This gold sheet, <\/span><b>called \u201cThewa Ki Patti\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is fixed to a lac-resin compound spread on a board by slightly warming the lac and then pressing the gold sheet onto it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An open work pattern is pierced through these gold sheets placed on the lac-resin covered board by knocking off the portions which ultimately creates the intricate design.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Themes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Major themes used in creation of designs may include scenes from <\/span><b>royal life, hunting scenes with elephants, deer and lions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, images from mythology, peacocks, flowers or scenes from royal weddings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/pm-modis-slovakia-gift-puts-rajasthans-400-year-old-thewa-art-in-global-spotlight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thewa Art is a unique form of jewelry making that is completely handcrafted. 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