The Joy of Making
Re-engaging with the raw materials from which our lives are shaped is a potent reminder of the difference between what is real and what is […]
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By Hand: The Looms that can Lead India
The artisan weaving cotton textiles on the handloom has been unfairly relegated to a peripheral status in the textile industry. Not only does handloom still […]
Where the HAND has EARS
Everything ‘speaks’, and to those who know how to ‘hear’, craft is the powerful embodiment of the mystical life force, wrote Amadou Hampate Ba The […]
Musings on Craft
I saw this non-emphasis of permanence reflected in the tribal’s use of oral tradition (as opposed to written tradition) to pass on culture, mythology and […]
KAMALADEVI – Tireless Promoter of the Crafts
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay is considered single handedly responsible for the great revival of Indian handloom and handicrafts in the post independence era. Jasleen Dhamija, her close […]