• 2008 August 22

Company Description

Rare Indian Art manufactures custom products using traditional Indian art techniques and sells them online.

Rare Indian Art is devoted to making Indian indigenous, folk and tribal art available over the internet to customers worldwide. Rare Indian Art brings together elements of the Indian traditional art forms into novel products. The company makes a special effort to customize and make unique artifacts derived from traditional techniques. The web portal has a one of a kind customization page, where customers can design or detail a product they would like to get made. Complete with a workflow and follow-up system, the website makes the process of creating unique art pieces fun and intuitive. This page is accessible @ http://www.rareindianart.com/index.php?main_page=customized_art The company is also involved in extensive photographic coverage of the artifacts and makes available a unique flash based landing page to explore these high resolution photographs in detail. Each item on the catalog has four photographs taken from various angles as well as one extra photograph to visually estimate the size of the artifacts. This last kind of photograph is usually taken along with a common use item like a pencil etc, which enables the customer to get a first hand impression of the dimensions. The photography display section can be found @ http://www.rareindianart.com/photos Rare Indian Art also creates awareness programs in schools and academic institutions to promote the traditional and indigenous art forms. The company maintains a wiki at http://www.rareindianart.com/wiki/. This wiki is devoted to gathering knowledge about the folk, tribal and traditional art forms prevalent across India. Apart from this the website also maintains the list of contributing artists @ http://www.rareindianart.com/index.php?main_page=artists