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The craft images on this site were created for IndiaUnbox with AI. The cluster map is built from public-domain map data.

AI-generated craft images

All fifteen craft images, from brassware and blue pottery to the container port, were created for IndiaUnbox with Google's Gemini image model. They show the kinds of products made in India's craft clusters; they are not photographs of particular suppliers, workshops or products.

  • Hand-engraved brassware on a dark wooden table: a large engraved thali, two lotas, a kalash with mango leaves, a lit oil lamp, a tall vase and a bowl

    Engraved brassware

  • Jaipur blue pottery in a carved pink sandstone niche: two vases, a lidded jar, a bowl and a large plate painted with cobalt and turquoise flowers

    Blue pottery, Jaipur

  • A wooden handloom in a sunlit workshop with a half-woven red, cream and indigo kilim, balls of wool, a rolled rug and a stack of finished rugs

    Kilim on the loom

  • Hand block printing seen from above: white cotton printed with a red and indigo vine pattern, three carved wooden blocks and a tray of red dye on the printing table

    Hand block printing

  • Cones of knitting yarn in a rainbow of colours on workshop shelves, with more cones and a knitted swatch on wooden needles on the table in front

    Knitting yarn on cones

  • A silk sari shop: wooden shelves stacked with folded saris in jewel colours with gold zari borders, and a crimson and purple brocade sari spread across the counter

    Silk saris

  • Glazed stoneware on rustic wooden shelves: lidded jars, a pitcher, mugs and bowls with teal and mustard drip glazes and hand-painted flowers

    Glazed stoneware, Khurja

  • Mosaic glass hanging lamps in amber, red and blue glowing in a dim room and scattering coloured light on the wall

    Mosaic glass lamps

  • Kundan fashion jewellery on teal velvet: a necklace with pearl drops, jhumka earrings, three pearl-edged bangles, a cocktail ring and a maang tikka

    Fashion jewellery

  • Cane and bamboo crafts: painted japi hats and a coiled cane tray hanging from a bamboo pole, with woven baskets, a fish trap and a cane stool on the floor below

    Cane & bamboo, Assam

  • Lacquered wooden toys on a light wooden table: a stacking-ring tower, a toy train, three striped spinning tops, painted nesting dolls and a pull-along cart

    Wooden toys, Channapatna

  • A container port at dusk: yellow ship-to-shore cranes loading a container ship, with stacks of containers on the quay and an orange and teal sky

    Loading for export

  • Hand-dyed silk yarn in a sunlit courtyard: red, blue, green, purple, magenta and saffron hanks drying over a bamboo pole, with twisted skeins on a wooden table below

    Hand-dyed silk yarn

  • A glass bangle shop: bangles stacked on rods in a rainbow of colours, more stacks on the walls either side, and loose bangles on the wooden counter

    Glass bangles, Firozabad

  • A hand-carved wooden chest with arched flower panels and brass fittings, between two carved jaali lattice screens in warm side light

    Carved woodwork

The cluster map's base map is made with Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com, public domain), using its India point-of-view edition so India is shown with its official boundary.

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