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The hands behind every Jhaapi piece

Every piece in our jhaapi is made by hand by a karigor in West Bengal. When you buy from Jhaapi, you support their craft and their families.

Hands painting terracotta jewellery in the Bishnupur tradition

Bishnupur, Bankura: terracotta

The temple town famous for terracotta. Karigors shape, fire and hand-paint clay pendants, hasuli and earrings.

Hands shaping a dokra wax model in the Bankura tradition

Bankura and Bardhaman: dokra

Dokra is lost-wax brass casting, one of the oldest metal crafts in India. Each piece is cast from its own wax model.

Hands making thread and cowrie jewellery, Santiniketan style

Santiniketan, Birbhum: thread and cowrie

Home of kantha and colourful thread-and-cowrie jewellery, light enough to wear every day.

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Karigor profiles

We are putting together the stories of the artisans we work with: who they are, how they learned their craft, and what they make for Jhaapi.

Are you a karigor?

If you make handmade jewellery, sarees or crafts in Bengal and would like to reach buyers across India, we would love to hear from you.

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Model wearing a handmade dokra necklace on a North Kolkata balcony

Handmade in Bengal

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