JOURNAL ARCHIVE
Dutt, Bahar,
Bahar Dutt, a wildlife conservationist, has been working with the snake charmers community for the last 5 years. She has been working on issues related to traditional livelihoods and their conflict with wildlife conservation. She currently is supported by a fellowship with the Environmental Equity and Justice Partnership Initiative.
Bahar Dutt, a wildlife conservationist, has been working with the snake charmers community for the last 5 years. She has been working on issues related to traditional livelihoods and their conflict with wildlife conservation. She currently is supported by a fellowship with the Environmental Equity and Justice Partnership Initiative.
Dviwedi, Pankita,
She is a postgraduate outfitted with a Master's of science degree in Microbial biotechnology(2018) and a Bachelor's of Science degree in Microbial and Food Technology(2016) from Punjab University, Chandigarh. She has actively been a part of various national and international conferences in the field of biotechnology during her professional courses. Currently working as a Research Associate with a biotech company, Pankita aims to be a Research Scientist in the future with the goal to work toward the welfare of society.
She is a postgraduate outfitted with a Master's of science degree in Microbial biotechnology(2018) and a Bachelor's of Science degree in Microbial and Food Technology(2016) from Punjab University, Chandigarh. She has actively been a part of various national and international conferences in the field of biotechnology during her professional courses. Currently working as a Research Associate with a biotech company, Pankita aims to be a Research Scientist in the future with the goal to work toward the welfare of society.
Earthen Tunes,
Earthen Tunes is on a mission to create innovative footwear designed specifically for India. Our vision extends beyond urban India to encompass rural communities as well. As part of this endeavour one of our first project has been about crafting footwear tailored to the needs of Indian farmers, made from indigenous wool blankets
Earthen Tunes is on a mission to create innovative footwear designed specifically for India. Our vision extends beyond urban India to encompass rural communities as well. As part of this endeavour one of our first project has been about crafting footwear tailored to the needs of Indian farmers, made from indigenous wool blankets
Edwards, Eiluned,
Eiluned Edwards is Professor of Global Cultures of Textiles and Dress in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University. Since the early 1990s, the focus of her work has been textiles, dress, fashion and craft development in South Asia, notably India – research that has been widely disseminated through teaching, public lectures, conferences and exhibitions. Her PhD (Manchester University, 2000) addressed the impact of social change in the postcolonial era on the material culture of Rabaris, pastoral migrants in Kachchh district, Gujarat. She has continued to work with Rabaris, focusing on the development of girls’ education in the community. Since the late 1990s, she has carried out a series of funded research projects in India, working with block printers, dyers, indigo farmers, dye manufacturers, merchants, entrepreneurs, designers, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), state agencies and museums to map the production and circulation of block prints of Indian block prints (BASAS 2000-01; British Academy 2005-07; Nehru Trust 2006 and 2017; Leverhulme Research Fellowship 2012-14); and in collaboration with embroiderers, craft sector NGOs and state agencies she examined the commercialisation of hand embroidery (British Academy 2001-04). She has published widely on aspects of Indian material culture, and is the author of Block Printed Textiles of India: Imprints of Culture (Niyogi Books 2016. Recipient of the Textile Society of America R.L.Shep award 2016) and Textiles and Dress of Gujarat (V&A/Mapin 2011). She leads the Global Cultures of Textiles and Dress research group and her current projects include a book on ajrakh that is being developed in collaboration with the Khatri communities of Kachchh and Thar, and new research on Indian tailors. Other recent work has included producing the baseline report for the British Council’s Crafting Futures India programme (2018) and collaborating with the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, on the forthcoming chintz exhibition, The Cloth that changed the World: Indian Painted and Printed Cottons (opens 4 April 2020).
Eiluned Edwards is Professor of Global Cultures of Textiles and Dress in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University. Since the early 1990s, the focus of her work has been textiles, dress, fashion and craft development in South Asia, notably India – research that has been widely disseminated through teaching, public lectures, conferences and exhibitions. Her PhD (Manchester University, 2000) addressed the impact of social change in the postcolonial era on the material culture of Rabaris, pastoral migrants in Kachchh district, Gujarat. She has continued to work with Rabaris, focusing on the development of girls’ education in the community. Since the late 1990s, she has carried out a series of funded research projects in India, working with block printers, dyers, indigo farmers, dye manufacturers, merchants, entrepreneurs, designers, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), state agencies and museums to map the production and circulation of block prints of Indian block prints (BASAS 2000-01; British Academy 2005-07; Nehru Trust 2006 and 2017; Leverhulme Research Fellowship 2012-14); and in collaboration with embroiderers, craft sector NGOs and state agencies she examined the commercialisation of hand embroidery (British Academy 2001-04). She has published widely on aspects of Indian material culture, and is the author of Block Printed Textiles of India: Imprints of Culture (Niyogi Books 2016. Recipient of the Textile Society of America R.L.Shep award 2016) and Textiles and Dress of Gujarat (V&A/Mapin 2011). She leads the Global Cultures of Textiles and Dress research group and her current projects include a book on ajrakh that is being developed in collaboration with the Khatri communities of Kachchh and Thar, and new research on Indian tailors. Other recent work has included producing the baseline report for the British Council’s Crafting Futures India programme (2018) and collaborating with the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, on the forthcoming chintz exhibition, The Cloth that changed the World: Indian Painted and Printed Cottons (opens 4 April 2020).
Farooqui, Chinar,
Chinar Farooqui works as a researcher in the areas of craft-based textiles, with interests that cover ethnographic studies, textile construction and development. She is a Post-graduate of textiles from NID and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from MSU Baroda. She has previously worked with and for handloom weavers in Chanderi, for a design cum development project sponsored by UNIDO. She presently works in Delhi and undertakes entrepreneurial design and research projects.
Chinar Farooqui works as a researcher in the areas of craft-based textiles, with interests that cover ethnographic studies, textile construction and development. She is a Post-graduate of textiles from NID and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from MSU Baroda. She has previously worked with and for handloom weavers in Chanderi, for a design cum development project sponsored by UNIDO. She presently works in Delhi and undertakes entrepreneurial design and research projects.
Finn, Patrick J.,
Patrick J. Finn, a textile specialist, photographer and writer has been researching and photographing the cultural context of Indian textiles, specifically, Indian quilts and quilt making. He has just completed “Timeless Textiles: The Quilts of India,” the first extensive survey of Indian quilts compiled in India or abroad. The lavishly illustrated manuscripts identify and chronicle the historic and contemporary context of quilt-making from undivided India. Earlier this year he completed a fellowship as a Research Associate at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Finn is a major contributor in Quilts Around the World: The Story of Quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe by Spike Gillespie. He was a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Financial Award for Taos Up Close I a photographic portrait essay of the artists of the Taos art colony at the turn of the century. Finn has been collected by the Smithsonian Institute, Museum of Fine Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico and by over 30 private collectors.
Patrick J. Finn, a textile specialist, photographer and writer has been researching and photographing the cultural context of Indian textiles, specifically, Indian quilts and quilt making. He has just completed “Timeless Textiles: The Quilts of India,” the first extensive survey of Indian quilts compiled in India or abroad. The lavishly illustrated manuscripts identify and chronicle the historic and contemporary context of quilt-making from undivided India. Earlier this year he completed a fellowship as a Research Associate at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Finn is a major contributor in Quilts Around the World: The Story of Quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe by Spike Gillespie. He was a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Financial Award for Taos Up Close I a photographic portrait essay of the artists of the Taos art colony at the turn of the century. Finn has been collected by the Smithsonian Institute, Museum of Fine Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico and by over 30 private collectors.
Flury, Tracy,
Tracy Flury is a Peruvian photographer, now living in Spain. She studied photography in Lima- Perú and then went on to do a specialization at Speos Photography School in Paris. Interested in many aspects of photography, she has worked in photojournalism, portraiture and brand photography.
Tracy Flury is a Peruvian photographer, now living in Spain. She studied photography in Lima- Perú and then went on to do a specialization at Speos Photography School in Paris. Interested in many aspects of photography, she has worked in photojournalism, portraiture and brand photography.
Follen, Steven,
Steven Follen is a designer, craftsman and lecturer with specialist skills and knowledge of Design, the Applied Arts – metalwork and drawing. His studio practice includes; the design and production of metal vessels and artefacts, development and manufacture of design solutions for site specific, client focussed commissions and working in educational contexts with students, educators, professionals and the public; researching and interpreting sites and museum or gallery collections, running creative workshops and producing conclusions to projects which engage communities and make places, spaces and collections accessible to wider audiences. His research interests and practice explores techniques and methods of constructing with metal. His work is included in public and private collections including The Contemporary Arts Societies Special Collection of Metalwork at Birmingham City Museum and Art gallery. The Crafts Council’s national collection in London, Manchester Metropolitan University Contemporary Craft Collection, Aberdeen Museum and Art Gallery and The Arts Council Collection at Hove Museum. Projects have included work with town and city councils, regional development organisations, arts development agencies and specialist craft and cultural centres including: The Crafts Council. The Crafts Study Centre, scientists and educators at both The Millennium Seedbank at Wakehurst Place and The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Steven is currently a senior lecturer (0.5FTE) at Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Media and Design at London Metropolitan University; teaching design, metalwork and drawing to Silversmithing, Jewellery, Furniture and Product Design students.
Steven Follen is a designer, craftsman and lecturer with specialist skills and knowledge of Design, the Applied Arts – metalwork and drawing. His studio practice includes; the design and production of metal vessels and artefacts, development and manufacture of design solutions for site specific, client focussed commissions and working in educational contexts with students, educators, professionals and the public; researching and interpreting sites and museum or gallery collections, running creative workshops and producing conclusions to projects which engage communities and make places, spaces and collections accessible to wider audiences. His research interests and practice explores techniques and methods of constructing with metal. His work is included in public and private collections including The Contemporary Arts Societies Special Collection of Metalwork at Birmingham City Museum and Art gallery. The Crafts Council’s national collection in London, Manchester Metropolitan University Contemporary Craft Collection, Aberdeen Museum and Art Gallery and The Arts Council Collection at Hove Museum. Projects have included work with town and city councils, regional development organisations, arts development agencies and specialist craft and cultural centres including: The Crafts Council. The Crafts Study Centre, scientists and educators at both The Millennium Seedbank at Wakehurst Place and The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Steven is currently a senior lecturer (0.5FTE) at Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Media and Design at London Metropolitan University; teaching design, metalwork and drawing to Silversmithing, Jewellery, Furniture and Product Design students.
Frater, Judy,
CURRENT POSITION Developing a social entrepreneurship to emphasize the value of artisan designers Judy Frater is a social entrepreneur steeped in the world of contemporary textile artisans of Kutch, India. She lived in Kutch for 30 years, during which she co-founded and operated Kala Raksha Trust, a cooperative for women embroiderers, established the Kala Raksha Textile Museum, and founded Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya, the first design school for traditional artisans. For this concept, Ms. Frater was awarded an Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship in 2003. Under her eight- year tenure as Director of the school, Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya received international recognition for its unique approach to education of artisans. Frater received the Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education in 2009, the Crafts Council of India Kamla award in 2010, and the George B. Walter’36 Service to Society Award from Lawrence University in 2014. In 2014, to expand the design education program to an institute, Frater joined the K.J. Somaiya Gujarat Trust to begin Somaiya Kala Vidya. From 2014-2020, as Founder Director she initiated a graduate business and management course, Outreach to other regions, co-design programs, and a course in craft traditions for non-artisans. Ms. Frater’s Threads of Identity: Embroidery and Adornment of the Nomadic Rabaris received the Costume Society of America’s Milla Davenport award. Prior to her residence in India, she was Associate Curator of the Eastern Hemisphere Collections at the Textile Museum, in Washington, DC.
CURRENT POSITION Developing a social entrepreneurship to emphasize the value of artisan designers Judy Frater is a social entrepreneur steeped in the world of contemporary textile artisans of Kutch, India. She lived in Kutch for 30 years, during which she co-founded and operated Kala Raksha Trust, a cooperative for women embroiderers, established the Kala Raksha Textile Museum, and founded Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya, the first design school for traditional artisans. For this concept, Ms. Frater was awarded an Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship in 2003. Under her eight- year tenure as Director of the school, Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya received international recognition for its unique approach to education of artisans. Frater received the Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education in 2009, the Crafts Council of India Kamla award in 2010, and the George B. Walter’36 Service to Society Award from Lawrence University in 2014. In 2014, to expand the design education program to an institute, Frater joined the K.J. Somaiya Gujarat Trust to begin Somaiya Kala Vidya. From 2014-2020, as Founder Director she initiated a graduate business and management course, Outreach to other regions, co-design programs, and a course in craft traditions for non-artisans. Ms. Frater’s Threads of Identity: Embroidery and Adornment of the Nomadic Rabaris received the Costume Society of America’s Milla Davenport award. Prior to her residence in India, she was Associate Curator of the Eastern Hemisphere Collections at the Textile Museum, in Washington, DC.
Ganguly, Anu,
Anu Ganguly is a graduate in English Literature from St. Xavier'sCollege, Kolkata. She is currently in the final year of post-graduation in Apparel Design at the National Institute of Design.
Anu Ganguly is a graduate in English Literature from St. Xavier'sCollege, Kolkata. She is currently in the final year of post-graduation in Apparel Design at the National Institute of Design.
Garg, Rupsi,
I'm Rupsi Garg from Tepla village in Patiala district of Punjab. I completed high school in the village and graduated in Biotechnology from Kurukshetra University, Haryana. Then I worked as a Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) for 3 years. Later,I did a Masters in Development from Azim Premji University, Bangalore. For the last 5.5 years, I have been working with Kheti Virasat Mission. In KVM, I started working with women through Organic Kitchen Gardening and extended it to the Revival of Rural Livelihoods through Traditional Skills Revival. TRINJAN got initiated i.e. working with hands and appreciating the creativity and aesthetics in it. These activities include hand spinning, hand weaving, hand embroidery, darri weaving, basket weaving, crochet, knitting etc. TRINJAN is a platform where the traditional wisdom gets transferred to the younger ones from the elder generation. I'm trying to find all these artisans who are still continuing with the work and trying to give them dignity and respect for conserving the great heritage we have. At the same time, this is a journey for me to find myself and going to the roots.
I'm Rupsi Garg from Tepla village in Patiala district of Punjab. I completed high school in the village and graduated in Biotechnology from Kurukshetra University, Haryana. Then I worked as a Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) for 3 years. Later,I did a Masters in Development from Azim Premji University, Bangalore. For the last 5.5 years, I have been working with Kheti Virasat Mission. In KVM, I started working with women through Organic Kitchen Gardening and extended it to the Revival of Rural Livelihoods through Traditional Skills Revival. TRINJAN got initiated i.e. working with hands and appreciating the creativity and aesthetics in it. These activities include hand spinning, hand weaving, hand embroidery, darri weaving, basket weaving, crochet, knitting etc. TRINJAN is a platform where the traditional wisdom gets transferred to the younger ones from the elder generation. I'm trying to find all these artisans who are still continuing with the work and trying to give them dignity and respect for conserving the great heritage we have. At the same time, this is a journey for me to find myself and going to the roots.
Gaur, Sonal,
Sonal Gaur is presently pursuing her Ph.D from the Dept. of Fabric and Apparel Science, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi. Her area of research is Hand block printed textiles of Rajasthan. She is a writer, researcher and traveler and have been working in the field of traditional crafts for some time. She has taught at Lakshmi Bai College as a Guest Faculty and worked with Craft Revival Trust on various projects. Her interest mainly are reading, writing and working at grassroot level with the artisans.
Sonal Gaur is presently pursuing her Ph.D from the Dept. of Fabric and Apparel Science, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi. Her area of research is Hand block printed textiles of Rajasthan. She is a writer, researcher and traveler and have been working in the field of traditional crafts for some time. She has taught at Lakshmi Bai College as a Guest Faculty and worked with Craft Revival Trust on various projects. Her interest mainly are reading, writing and working at grassroot level with the artisans.
Gautam, Kumar,
Kumar Gautam a post graduate in Economics,is a research consultant. He has been engaged in policy research and advocacy for favourable changes on the livelihoods issues of farmers and artisans. He has worked as policy and advocacy coordinator at All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association (AIACA), New Delhi. Besides having worked as a researcher with Institute for Human Development (IHD) and Centre for Trade and Development, both based in Delhi; he has been an articulate campaigner for fair, equitable and sustainable trade polices while working for Oxfam’s global campaigns namely ‘Make Trade Fair’ and ‘Economic Justice’. Kumar has published several research articles, case studies and articles on development issues in journals, newspapers and magazines both in English and Hindi.
Kumar Gautam a post graduate in Economics,is a research consultant. He has been engaged in policy research and advocacy for favourable changes on the livelihoods issues of farmers and artisans. He has worked as policy and advocacy coordinator at All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association (AIACA), New Delhi. Besides having worked as a researcher with Institute for Human Development (IHD) and Centre for Trade and Development, both based in Delhi; he has been an articulate campaigner for fair, equitable and sustainable trade polices while working for Oxfam’s global campaigns namely ‘Make Trade Fair’ and ‘Economic Justice’. Kumar has published several research articles, case studies and articles on development issues in journals, newspapers and magazines both in English and Hindi.
George, Ligi,
Ligi George, BSc. from Nagpur University has been working with Craft Revival Trust since April 2004.
Ligi George, BSc. from Nagpur University has been working with Craft Revival Trust since April 2004.
Ghai, LOkesh,
LOkesh Ghai is a textile artist, researcher and design educator working with traditional craft practice. His textile art responding to the folk story of Frozen Charlotte was featured at the V&A Museum of Childhood, London. As part of Cultural Olympiad of 2012, through Cotton-Exchange he led community based art workshops at Gallery of Costume, Manchester and Harris Museum, Preston. He was awarded a fellowship to study MA by research in Art & Design from Manchester Metropolitan University; where he focused on cultural making crafts. As a designer and associate curator he presented ‘India Street’ exhibition in Scotland; the show was a runner up for the most sustainable design practice award in the Edinburgh International Art festival 2014. He has been visiting lecturer at numerous institutions including the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Gandhinagar, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and Somaiya Kala Vidya, Kutch, India’s premier design institute for traditional craft communities. In January, 2020 NID published a book by LOkesh on the Cotton Mill narratives: Baku’s Rag book: Untold story of the discarded fabric. Recently, he taught a course on ‘Compassion’ at the institute.
LOkesh Ghai is a textile artist, researcher and design educator working with traditional craft practice. His textile art responding to the folk story of Frozen Charlotte was featured at the V&A Museum of Childhood, London. As part of Cultural Olympiad of 2012, through Cotton-Exchange he led community based art workshops at Gallery of Costume, Manchester and Harris Museum, Preston. He was awarded a fellowship to study MA by research in Art & Design from Manchester Metropolitan University; where he focused on cultural making crafts. As a designer and associate curator he presented ‘India Street’ exhibition in Scotland; the show was a runner up for the most sustainable design practice award in the Edinburgh International Art festival 2014. He has been visiting lecturer at numerous institutions including the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Gandhinagar, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and Somaiya Kala Vidya, Kutch, India’s premier design institute for traditional craft communities. In January, 2020 NID published a book by LOkesh on the Cotton Mill narratives: Baku’s Rag book: Untold story of the discarded fabric. Recently, he taught a course on ‘Compassion’ at the institute.
Ghosh, Arghya,
Arghya Ghosh is a product designer trained at IICD, Jaipur. He has worked with artisans and NGOs in Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, Raghurajpur etc. He Participated in “IFAT Design competition” on behalf of Sasha. He currently works in New Delhi.
Arghya Ghosh is a product designer trained at IICD, Jaipur. He has worked with artisans and NGOs in Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, Raghurajpur etc. He Participated in “IFAT Design competition” on behalf of Sasha. He currently works in New Delhi.