Gangadhar’s Studio: Witnessing the Art of Carving Blocks

May 15, 2021 | Community, Know Your Fabric

A Visit to Pedana: A Hub for Weaving, Block Making and Block Carving Aditi Jain (originally published on Aditi’s website. Reproduced with permission) Sometime in 2015, I had the opportunity to visit Pedana, which falls under Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh. It’s...

Dancing with Colours: My Love Affair with Natural Dyes

Apr 15, 2021 | Community

Search for an Alternative to corporate job Rajashree Soneji shared her journey of exploring natural dyes and her experience about a workshop which she attended in the spring. “I never wanted to do an eight hour job when I completed my...

International Conference on Globalisation of Khadi, Jaipur

Jan 31, 2021 | Events, Reflections

International Conference on Globalisation of Khadi Note: It has been a year since the International Conference on Globalisation of Khadi was organised in Jaipur. Thie reflects on the conference experience of the author, Aditi Jain. Last year, we reproduced...

Paradsinga Gram Art Community

Mar 14, 2021 | Community, Uncategorized

Woking to Wardha       Amit Dalvi writes about his visit to the Gram Art Community, formally known as the Gram Art Project. Amit and Swapnaja recently moved from Woking in the UK to work in the villages of Wardha in central India, to search for a new...

Jaipur Conference: Perspectives on Khadi as an Ethical Movement

Feb 7, 2021 | Events, Reflections

Laurence Sewell reflect on his experience of the International Conference on Globalisation of Khadi- Jaipur. This is the fourth in our series of blogs on the conference. Photo: Erna Janine Kok/Freeweaver Saori Studio Encompassing the Breadth of the Movement It was a...