نقاشی · Papier-mâché / Naqashi
Noor Mohammad Wani
4th Generation · Papier-mâché / Naqashi · Nowhatta, Srinagar
“The only master to apply fourteen lacquer passes by hand — each rubbed dry before the next.”
- Pieces signed
- 244
- Disputes
- 0
- Workshop slots
- 5 open
- Lineage est.
- 1880
The hand still remembers
What Only Noor 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 Noor
Every piece signed, signed pieces verifiable on the Sanad.
Sit beside him
Book Time With Noor
5 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 Noor's Craft DNA — knowledge captured for researchers, apprentices, and future generations.
Lineage
- Trained under Hyderullah Wani (his great-uncle) and two Mughal-era family friends.
- His son, twelve, sits at the side bench grinding pigment after school.
Technique Walkthrough
- Lacquer is rubbed with cotton-on-walnut for twenty minutes per layer.
- Boxes are kept in a glass cabinet between coats — no dust, no fly.
Decision Knowledge
- A piece with even one bubble is opened, scraped, and started again from layer one.
- Customers wait nine months for a Wani box — there is no rush list.
Supplier Graph
- Rice-straw pulp from a Pampore farmer.
- Newsprint sourced from Lal Chowk, two cycles old.
The thread, generation by generation
The Wani Lineage
4 generations on the same craft, since 1880.
- AW
Abdul Rahim Wani
ca. 1880s
Generation 1
- MW
Mohammad Sultan Wani
ca. 1910s
Generation 2
- AW
Abdul Ghaffar Wani
ca. 1940s
Generation 3
- NW
Noor Mohammad Wani
current — present
Generation 4