Tag: #woodcarving

Photo Essay: The Silent Sculptor – Mohammed Yousaf Muran’s Mastery in Walnut Wood
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Photo Essay: The Silent Sculptor – Mohammed Yousaf Muran’s Mastery in Walnut Wood

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025

Meet Mohammed Yousaf Muran, Kashmir’s Deaf-Mute Wood Carving Maestro Mohammed Yousaf Muran, a 67-year-old artist from the Eidgah area of Srinagar, has spent decades defying limitations imposed by a world that often overlooks the differently-abled. Deaf and mute since birth, Muran has transformed his physical challenges into a wellspring of creative expression, carving exquisite sculptures...

Photo Essay: Walnut wood carving, Kashmir
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Photo Essay: Walnut wood carving, Kashmir

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024

Walnut wood carving is an ornamental and delicate craft process that is unique to Kashmir due to the concentration of walnut trees in this region. The raw material used for the fine woodcarving of Kashmir is obtained from walnut tree locally known as Doon Kul (Juglans regia tree) and is cut only once it matures...