Issue #10, 2023 ISSN: 2581- 9410 The Chilote Shoes is a disruptive co-creation model which empowers artisan women […]
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TRINJAN – A Women’s Cotton Collective
Issue #10, 2023 ISSN: 2581- 9410 I embarked on my self-exploration journey at Azim Premji University in Bangalore […]
Banana Fibre – Empowering Women
Issue #10, 2023 ISSN: 2581- 9410 I (Shama Pawar) came to Hampi in 1997 as a young artist […]
Screw Pine Craft Screw Pine/Thazhapaya Mats of Kerala
One of the oldest cottage crafts of Kerala, the thazhapaya /screw pine mat is a product of daily use. Over 800 years old, this craft is practiced by women in their homes. The plant which grows locally along the banks of the rivers and streams of the region and is used after processing to create […]
Coiled Pottery of Manipur
Manipur’s coiled pottery is singular not only because the items are made without using a wheel or moulds, but also because Manipur is perhaps the only state in India where pottery is regarded as a woman’s craft – the skill of making clay pots is said to be a divine gift bestowed on the women […]
Kota Doria Saris of Rajasthan
Rajasthan is well known for the fine Kota Doria Muslin saris which have a special chequered weave, locally known as Khat. The weave is very fine and the weaving method used is primitive with the same method being used even in today’s power-loom era. The Kota Doria is famed for its delicacy of weave, its […]
Magic by Design
This paper was presented at the 1997 Third International Conference on Design Education in Developing Countries, Technikon Pretoria, South Africa and published in Image & Text: Journal for Design (1997), Vol. 7, pp.3-8. It is reproduced here with the permission of the author. Brief SketchTechnology is often associated with the “magic and miracles of the […]
A Quiet Revolution
This article highlights the role of women embroiderers in addressing rural poverty in the desert district of Kachchh in the state of Gujarat, western India. It features the work of Kachchh Mahila Vikas Sangathan (KMVS) or Kachchh Women’s Development Association. KMVS, a non-governmental organization established in 1989, works in several areas of development, including health, […]
The Sari
An un-stitched length of woven cotton and/or silk, draped around the body, traditionally as the dominant garment of Indian women. (plural: saris, sarees) The unstitched draped sari is worn, with few exceptions, across the length and breadth of the Indian subcontinent. Amazingly, each geographical and cultural area has, not only specific traditions of weaving the […]