Manganese,
Element with atomic number 25, symbol Mn, atomic weight 54.938. Manganese is a strongly electronegative element and hence difficult to reduce.
Element with atomic number 25, symbol Mn, atomic weight 54.938. Manganese is a strongly electronegative element and hence difficult to reduce.
Marbling,
Marbling is a painted finish resembling marbled stone achieved by floating colored paints on a thickened liquid then lifting them off onto a sheet of paper.
Marbling is a painted finish resembling marbled stone achieved by floating colored paints on a thickened liquid then lifting them off onto a sheet of paper.
Marwaris,
Lit. inhabitants of Marwar, the old name for Jodhpur. Members of the Rajasthani trading caste, which is now the dominant force in business and industry throughout India.
Lit. inhabitants of Marwar, the old name for Jodhpur. Members of the Rajasthani trading caste, which is now the dominant force in business and industry throughout India.
Mashru,
Lit. permitted. A warp-faced textile of mixed fabric. A silk (now usually synthetic) warp and cotton weft.
Lit. permitted. A warp-faced textile of mixed fabric. A silk (now usually synthetic) warp and cotton weft.
Mashru,
Mashru is a mixed brocade fabric with a silk warp and a cotton weft. Distinguished as a textile, mainly with stripped patterns in satin-weave, the warp yarn is often tie-dyed in the single-ikat technique giving the fabric its characteristic lightning effect. It is believed that Muslin men were permitted to wear mashru cloth in lieu of pure silk which was prohibited. This type of cotton and silk mixed fabric known variously as mashru, gaji or atlas, is traditionally woven in Mandvi, in Kachchh, Patan, Surat and Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, as well as in the Deccan and the South.
Mashru is a mixed brocade fabric with a silk warp and a cotton weft. Distinguished as a textile, mainly with stripped patterns in satin-weave, the warp yarn is often tie-dyed in the single-ikat technique giving the fabric its characteristic lightning effect. It is believed that Muslin men were permitted to wear mashru cloth in lieu of pure silk which was prohibited. This type of cotton and silk mixed fabric known variously as mashru, gaji or atlas, is traditionally woven in Mandvi, in Kachchh, Patan, Surat and Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, as well as in the Deccan and the South.
Matano chandarvo,
In Gujarat, matano chandarvo or textiles for goddess worship” follow an old tradition and are made and used even today in Ahmedabad. These temple hangings are installed at the time of the annual ritual of a sacrificial offering to the various local goddesses. In Gujarat members of the Vaghri, Ravalia, Bhangi and Dhedh communities construct an enclosure of such hangings and install it around the village shrine of the goddess. Inside this enclosure, the ritual of invocation and the goat or buffalo sacrifice is conducted. These hangings are block printed and hand-painted with iron rust dye on cotton.
In Gujarat, matano chandarvo or textiles for goddess worship” follow an old tradition and are made and used even today in Ahmedabad. These temple hangings are installed at the time of the annual ritual of a sacrificial offering to the various local goddesses. In Gujarat members of the Vaghri, Ravalia, Bhangi and Dhedh communities construct an enclosure of such hangings and install it around the village shrine of the goddess. Inside this enclosure, the ritual of invocation and the goat or buffalo sacrifice is conducted. These hangings are block printed and hand-painted with iron rust dye on cotton.
Mathura Sanjhi,
Mathura Sanjhi is a ritual craft in which paper stencils of scenes from Lord Krishna's life are cut freehand using scissors or a blade. The delicate sanji is often just held together by thin strands of paper. The stencils are used to create rangolis, powder transfers, on the ground and on water. These days the craftsmen are applying their skills to cut tiny bindis, and secular images for tourists. Sanjhis are originally image of Sanji Devi made in relief on mud wall using fresh flowers, colored stones. foil and mirrors. Sanjhis are still made throughout the plains of North India. Mathura's Sanjhis however, have become delicate rangoli stencils depicting Krishna. If the Sanjhi is a Multicolored rangoli, the main design is divided into a number of subsidiary Chaskas, cotouts. The art has been hereditary and the craftsmen live near the Krishna Temple in Mathura. "Production: Mathura: Kanska Bazaar and Shri Madan Mohanji's Temple.
Mathura Sanjhi is a ritual craft in which paper stencils of scenes from Lord Krishna's life are cut freehand using scissors or a blade. The delicate sanji is often just held together by thin strands of paper. The stencils are used to create rangolis, powder transfers, on the ground and on water. These days the craftsmen are applying their skills to cut tiny bindis, and secular images for tourists. Sanjhis are originally image of Sanji Devi made in relief on mud wall using fresh flowers, colored stones. foil and mirrors. Sanjhis are still made throughout the plains of North India. Mathura's Sanjhis however, have become delicate rangoli stencils depicting Krishna. If the Sanjhi is a Multicolored rangoli, the main design is divided into a number of subsidiary Chaskas, cotouts. The art has been hereditary and the craftsmen live near the Krishna Temple in Mathura. "Production: Mathura: Kanska Bazaar and Shri Madan Mohanji's Temple.
Matrix,
The form or mould on which something is shaped. In the case of textile printing, it is a solid steel cylinder, or one of inflatable rubber, on which rotary screens are formed.
The form or mould on which something is shaped. In the case of textile printing, it is a solid steel cylinder, or one of inflatable rubber, on which rotary screens are formed.
Matting,
An often somewhat rigid fabric constructed of interlocking fibres which are not woven on a loom with shed openings. Also known as basketry interlacing.
An often somewhat rigid fabric constructed of interlocking fibres which are not woven on a loom with shed openings. Also known as basketry interlacing.