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The Indian Footwear Tradition Style Accessory cum Weapon Laila Tyabji, Designer, Founder Member and Chairperson of Dastkar Indians, traditionally adept at innovative, inventive jugaar, discovered the uses of footwear as weaponry... more.. | |
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Cotton: A Probe into Archaeological Evidences Charu Smita Gupta, Deputy Director, Museum Collection, National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi & Anamika Pathak, Curator, Decorative Arts and Textiles, National Museum, New Delhi The cotton fibres belong to the genus Gossypium of family Malvaceae. About... more.. | |
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The Story of the Handheld, Handcrafted Handmade Fan Kishor Gordhandas, enthusiast and collector of Fans, Ganjifa and other Playing Cards How did it all begin, this use of a fan? No one really knows - except the first person on this earth who must have felt hot and picked up a palmetto... more.. | |
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Cultural Context of Pattachitra Pankaja Sethi, Designer Sajja means decoration and adornment. Gotipuas enhance themselves with chitra (painting) on their body, highlight their eyes... more.. | |
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South India Heritage – Kanjeevaram Silk Saris of Tamil Nadu Jyoti Bhasin, Senior Faculty in the Centre for Retail, Footwear Design and Development Institute, Noida, India Zilch make out a woman as being Indian so stalwartly as the sari - the exemplary Indian female piece of clothing. The origin... more.. | |
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Abhyas in Crafts Jaya Jaitly, Chairperson, Dastkari Haat Samiti Indian traditions are all-encompassing in their essence. They are without and beyond religion, yet they draw from the well-springs of ultimate... more.. | |
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The Use of Knowledge as a Catalyst for Development, Equity and Growth in the Crafts Sector Ritu Sethi, Chairperson, Craft Revival Trust, New Delhi, India Through analysis, observation and discussion we need to reach an understanding, and if possible consensus... more.. |
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Obituary: Subal Kumar Patra, Sabai Grass Artisan, Orissa Pooja Ratnakar, works with craftpersons in North and East India Just as I had unwound myself in an effort to write about a quaint adivaasi village, Baliapal in Orissa I seem to go... more.. |
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Well Intended But Half Done Marketability of Crafts from the North East Gulshan Nanda, (Hon.) Chairperson,Central Cottage Industries Corporation, India Through analysis, observation and discussion we need to reach an understanding, and if possible consensus... more.. |
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NREGA Mandirs and Fendi Block Prints Sunny Narang, Craft Activist In a village somewhere between Bacchau and Bhuj, in Kacchh in Gujarat the village sarpanch cannot find people to register for the NREGA... more.. |
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NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) to NRSDA (National Rural Sustainable Development Act) Sunny Narang, Craft Activist Is it only unskilled daily labour like drought relief programs, building roads and earthen dams - that flow away... more.. |
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A Response to Ritu Sethi's Article on "The Use of Knowledge as a Catalyst
for Development, Equity and Growth in the Crafts Sector" by John Ballyn, Independent Design Consultant I am never fed up with being asked to make noises in the field of design in craft development. There are... more.. |
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Design Workshop with Traditional and Non-Traditional Pattachitra Artists in Orissa Pankaja Sethi, Designer Being an artist and keen observer of art I had been seeing pattachitra painted on postcard size... more.. | |
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Arna-Jharna - The Desert Museum of Rajasthan Deeksha Nath, Art Curator Envisioned by the late Komal Kothari, one of India's leading folklorists and oral historians, the Arna-Jharna Museum can be described... more.. | |
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Promotion Shilpa Bapna, Marketing Consultant Promotion is one of the key aspects of the Marketing Mix. It is used in the many stages of the product life cycle... more.. | |
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Support and Regeneration: Recommended Action Points by Craft Revival Trust Brief Background on the Situation of the Varanasi Weavers... more.. | |
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Participate in global discussions and debates on the current issues facing the arts... more..
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In conversation with the Masters... more..
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View a photo gallery and visual documentation of some of the leading crafts of India... more.. | |
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The endurance of a craft or a textile technique over time has been dependent on many factors: very crucially, the flexibility of the craftsperson in moulding products, developing motifs and... more.. | |
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A hands on guide on how to use simplified craft processes to produce interesting creations. Easy to master the skills and techniques have been detailed step-by-step. Graded by age and level of difficulty... more.. | |
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MARKET ACCESS TRAINING PROGRAM Learn to build capacity, respond to market demands, maintain market linkages. Apply for the AIACA and Aid to Artisans MARKET ACCESS TRAINING PROGRAM read more.. |
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Accessing Markets An enormous challenge faced by organizations and artisans is the challenge of accessing markets. read more.. |
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Varanasi Weavers A focus on the plight faced by weavers in Varanasi. Read about - the problem, - the initiatives taken. - the current status. read more.. |
