FESTIVAL OF NATURAL FIBRES 2022

Sep 9, 2022 | Events

October 8th and 9th at Craft Central Each year for the past 5 years, The Festival of Natural Fibres has aimed to create a welcoming space for all those enthusiastic, entranced, or simply curious about natural fibres. A community of farmers, researchers, designers,...

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...

KAKADDARA: Tradition and Change in A Tribal Village

May 13, 2021 | Community, Reflections

Note: Amit and Swapnaja reflect on their first visit to the village of Kakaddara in December 2020. They reflect on their visit, giving us a glimpse of changes taking place in a tribal village and on the challenges it faces. A pleasant drive: Meeting farmers along the...

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...