نقاشی · Papier-mâché / Naqashi
Farooq Ahmad Mir
2nd Generation · Papier-mâché / Naqashi · Fateh Kadal, Srinagar
“Holds the last pot of an 1840s cobalt-blue pigment — a recipe lost everywhere else.”
- Pieces signed
- 96
- Disputes
- 0
- Workshop slots
- 4 open
- Lineage est.
- 1950
The hand still remembers
What Only Farooq Knows
Captured from his Vault — knowledge that exists nowhere else.
Click a node — 4 techniques captured
Currently viewing · Layered Gold-Leaf Naqashi
His work
Pieces by Farooq
Every piece signed, signed pieces verifiable on the Sanad.
Sit beside him
Book Time With Farooq
4 open slots in the next month.
Heritage Walk
Rs. 2,500per person
Visit the master's workshop and three nearby craft clusters with a Sanad-verified guide.
Max 8 participants
Half-Day Workshop
Rs. 6,000per person
Learn one foundational technique hands-on. Take home your attempt + a Hunarmand certificate.
Max 6 participants
Multi-Day Masterclass
Rs. 45,000per person
Advanced technique taught directly by the master. Limited to 2 participants.
Max 2 participants
The preserved knowledge
Preserved in the Vault
This is Farooq's Craft DNA — knowledge captured for researchers, apprentices, and future generations.
Lineage
- Father painted Mughal-court reproductions; son carries the same brushwork.
- The Fateh Kadal studio is on the second floor of a 200-year-old wooden house.
Technique Walkthrough
- Cobalt is mixed with one drop of walnut oil for warmth.
- A floral motif is always drawn freehand, never traced.
Decision Knowledge
- If the cobalt batch shifts more than half a tone, it is set aside for trial pieces.
- Smaller boxes are sold; larger panels are loaned to museums.
Supplier Graph
- Two kilograms of cobalt remain — enough for fifteen years of work.
- Lacquer is distilled in a friend's distillery in Pampore.
The thread, generation by generation
The Mir Lineage
2 generations on the same craft, since 1950.
- AM
Abdul Rahim Mir
ca. 1950s
Generation 1
- FM
Farooq Ahmad Mir
current — present
Generation 2