Handicrafts of India

अभिनन्दन from Gaatha

Gaatha project was originally conjured only for researching and documenting the rapid erosion of Indian craft clusters and heritage. However, we soon learnt from the artisans themselves that need was not to do research alone, but to restore ‘pride and serious commercial opportunity’ in their ecosystem. Today Gaatha thus aims to bring the lost respect and wealth back to these beautiful and aesthetically rich Indian handicraft clusters. These researches are important because just like Industrial goods sell on ‘features’, crafts sell on the processes / stories / heritage that go into making them.

We should give crafts a fair chance, someone is right now merrily making something for us, singing a folk song, in a humble house, deep inside India.

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Tag: Textile

10Jan

Homegrown….

Among the north eastern forests of Madhya Pradesh, lies Bandhavgarh National Park, home to fierce tigers
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30Aug

Sewing Montages

A few kilometres from Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa, is a village where all houses and shops
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28Jul

Woven Pixels

A precious piece of heirloom, passed down through generations and preserved to be brought out
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14Jun

Leaving Impressions

Like the patter of raindrops on the window, like the beat of gentle drums, a
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11Mar

Woolen weaves of the hills

Large fields, small hills, going uphill in the summer and coming downhill in the winter,
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12Feb

The Khes of Punjab

For generations, women residing in the villages of Punjab, India have woven the khes as a part
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