Deer handmade Kashmir fabric (pattern / color may vary)

This art of creating life like animal statues from leather is now practiced inIndore, Madhya Pradesh. Craftsmen and their families practice this art and create miniature to life size versions of all types of animals, from horses, cows and elephants, to lions, tigers and rhinos of the jungle, to exotic creatures of the wild, like giraffes, zebras and meerkats. From a mere photographic reference, the craftsmen can make an accurate sculpture of the animal, complete with the details of posture and muscular curves and then paint them with lifelike colours depicting the skin patterns. Starting with the basic skeleton, craftsmen first make an armature with steel wires to act as the frame on which rest of the material will be supported. This is covered with tightly packed hay or waste paper, bound with strings to hold it together. This forms the body of the animal, which is then covered with cardboard pulp and given definition. On this soft outer cardboard covering, craftsmen and women shape the fine details of the animal’s anatomy, its muscular structure in different poses, to great accuracy. It is this expertise of the artisans to understand the structure of animal from a photograph and bring it out in three dimensions that makes this craft so remarkable. Once the cardboard dries, it can be coated with goat leather when required. Wet leather is beaten to increase its softness and flexibility. Using tamarind seed glue as adhesive, the craftsmen cover the animal structure with leather, taking care not to leave any unwanted wrinkles or folds. So neat is the leather coating, that it is difficult to find its edges. Once dry, the animal figure is dipped in dye and sun dried. The eyes and horns, which are made of glass or plastic, are then attached to it. And then, these artists add finishing touches of shading and painting the details of spots, stripes or patches on the animal’s skin, making it appear amazingly realistic. A final coat of leather polish completes the process.

Deer family (Cervidae) are ruminant hoofed animals that are characterized by the antlers of the stag. There are about forty species in 16 genera and four subfamilies. The males (at the reindeer also females) have antlers that they shed each year, probably to save energy in nutrient-poor seasons. A new antlers are usually larger and more complex than the previous one. The size and complexity of antlers show the health and age of the males and thus ensure dominance. When water deer, a primitive type, the antlers completely missing. Deer differ in size and weight, the Chilean Pudu, which is only 38 centimeters high and 8 kilograms can be heavy, until the moose, which 2.30 meters tall and 800 kilograms can be heavy. A male deer is called deer or buck and a female deer is called doe. Roe deer, however, one speaks usually of goat and goat and reindeer and elk bull and cow. All deer have a short-haired coat, lithe bodies with slender necks and legs, a short tail, large, high-set ears and large, side-mounted eyes. In many deer the boy have a spotted coat, which serves as camouflage on the forest floor. Deer occur mainly in woods and forests, although some species also on open grassy plains, swamps and tundra life. They live in Europe, Asia and North and South America. The red deer is also found in North Africa. Subfamily: capreolinae (mock deer, roe) Subfamily: Muntiacinae (muntjakherten) under Family: Hydropotinae (water deer) Subfamily: cervinae (real deer) The representatives in Europe are: elk, fallow deer, roe deer, red deer and reindeer. In the Benelux are the red deer, fallow deer and roe for. The axis deer lives in Sri Lanka and India. The water deer (Hydropotes inermis, along river banks in China) is like a deer but without antlers and protruding upper canines. The swamp deer (Blastocerus dicholomus) lives in Brazil and the Virginia Deer east of the Rocky Mountains. The small Chilean Pudu (Pudu Pudu) lives in the rain forests.

Antlers is the set of existing bone horns of deer. It mainly serves to intimidate sexual competitors and also as a weapon. In most species only the male carries antlers. Only when the female reindeer has antlers, but it is smaller than that of the male. The water deer has no antlers at all. A young calf gets all lumps on his forehead bone, which later became the antlers will grow. The antlers are shed annually and re-formed, usually larger and more robust than the previous one. If the antlers are fully grown, the skin itches, so the deer sanding off against trees and shrubs. The circulation of the antlers stops so that it becomes numb and die. Yet it still takes months to shed. After the skin is sanded, discolour the antlers. The final color is different for each species and also depends on the vegetation.

 
Deers in the Rocky Mountains