About this exhibition

The craft's history, the stages of making, the vocabulary of wire motifs (spiral, curl, creeper, jaali, circle and dot), and the objects and forms it produces.

It follows the craft into Odissi dance, where Tarakasi forms the ornament set, and into Cuttack's Durga Puja, where it frames the goddess in the silver Chandi Medha backdrops. It closes with the challenges artisans face today.

Every factual claim carries an inline citation linking to one of six public sources, listed in full at the end of the exhibition. Where an official roster or figure is not available online, the exhibition says so rather than guessing.

Anyone who wants sourced background on the craft. It is an educational resource, not a shop or price list. It was built for the Katakia Tarakasi Centre and is presented by SS Jewellers where served from ssjewellerskataka.com.

The site is static: no accounts, forms, database or analytics. The photographs show real filigree work from the craft's practitioners. See the privacy notice for what the site does and does not collect.