Phad Painting

The main gate at the Crafts Museum is built to resemble a traditional entrance to an important site and marks the significance of the space it demarcates. it is painted in a series of panels with traditional designs from Phad painting, the narrative scoll from Rajasthan.

The Artist Prakash Joshi from bhilwara, Rajasthan selected decorative motifs such as half circles, zigzags and flowers that are normally used either as border or to fill up space between figures on a scroll, to create a completely modern look.