tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84843002340389091572024-03-05T06:12:01.369-08:00The Color CaravanCraft StoriesThe Color Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993998004253100764noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484300234038909157.post-8491944736662433952014-06-02T01:22:00.001-07:002014-06-02T02:52:29.928-07:00Hand Block Printed Childrens’ Wear by The Color Caravan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It all started as a four month internship
for our design intern Anurita Roy. She came in from Indian Institute of Craft
and Design, Jaipur for her internship with The Color Caravan. We helped her
explore fabrics, patterns, colors, understand the design process. Her brief was
to create a clothing range for children, inspired from animals, fruits, ice
creams, cars; using hand block prints.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At The Color Caravan, we are always excited
about giving a new twist to our lovely Indian traditions. And that is exactly what we did – with Anurita
learning and designing to create a memorable childrens’ wear range.<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Designs and motifs were kept simple, yet playful – appealing to children and adults alike. We made a variety of doodles (crows, parrots were discussed, but rejected); with giraffe, elephant, pig, mouse, car and lollies making it to the final shortlist.<br /><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />The design to actualization journey had now
begun. We had to look at deign repetition on fabric and placement of motifs.
With the next step being the final selection of colors to be assigned to
each print. With the next step being the
conversion of these designs into wooden blocks.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Our partner craftsman Abdul Raouf maybe just 41 years old, but has
over 25 years experience in the art of block making. Abdul made these blocks using the traditional
<i>sheesham</i> wood,which he carved into desired shapes using steel chisels. Once
carved, these blocks are soaked in oil to soften their grains. <br /></span></span></div>
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excited about the next step in our design journey. The block printing! We went to the finest block printers of
Sanganer, Jaipur to get our fabrics printed. <br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Block printing is a 6-step process
that involves:<br />
- Pre-printing treatment – removing starch and dust by soaking the fabric in
bleach for 1-2 days<br />
- Drying the clean fabric<br />
- Actual block printing process – which itself can be an intricate 7-8 step
process, depending on number of colors used<br />
- Drying in the sun to fix the color<br />
- Steaming fabric in special boilers and drying<br />
- Ironing to further fix the color permanently</span><br />
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the final leg of this journey. Stitching them into cute shirts and adorable
frocks for 3-9 year old boys and girls.</span></span></div>
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two-pockets and a straight collar. <span class="apple-converted-space">The buttons matched the tones of the respective prints.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For girls we created two different patterns
(don’t we girls always need more?).<span class="apple-converted-space">One was an A- line pattern with Peter Pan collar with a
closing on its back. The second was a yoke pattern frock (again with a back
closing), with frill and one pocket on the lower half of the frock. The color
of collar, yoke and buttons matched the tones of the respective prints.<br /></span></span></span></div>
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The Color Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993998004253100764noreply@blogger.com1Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India26.8465108 80.94668320000005226.619839300000002 80.623959700000057 27.0731823 81.269406700000047tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484300234038909157.post-52713816535576667882014-02-28T06:18:00.000-08:002014-03-01T00:07:11.753-08:00Revisiting the Nawabi traditions: Naqqashi Paandaans & Khaasdaans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Introduced during the time of the Nawabs, <i>Naqqashi</i> or repousse is the art of engraving that has been present in the city of Lucknow for a very long period of time. But however timeless this craft maybe, this industry of decorative engraving is slowly losing itself to antiquity. During the time of the Nawabs, it was lucrative business for the artisans to sell their craftsmanship to the British as well as the markets in North India. This craft actually marked one of the turning points for the high culture that was found in Lucknow from 18th century onwards. And engravings on metal such as on <i>Paandaans, Khaasdaans</i> and <i>Ughaldaans</i> were the objects that glorified Lucknow’s ethnicity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">‘<i>Paandaan</i>’ is basically a box with divisions which is used to keep essentials for making pan. In the box there are two big metal cups to keep ‘<i>kathha</i>’ and ‘<i>chuna</i>’ and three to four smaller, equal sized receptacles. ‘<i>Khaasdaan</i>’ is the betel case in which the prepared <i>paan</i> is served in formal gatherings and nowadays even on a daily basis. It is usually a tray covered with a beautiful lid. The idea of presenting paan in <i>Khaasdaan</i> still marks the celebration of the ‘nawabi culture’ of Lucknow city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chewing paans and offering them to guests was part of Luckhnavi culture and associated with this were the P<i>aandans</i> and K<i>haasdans</i>. The Begums used to prepare paans from the <i>Paandans</i> and placed them in <i>Khaasdans</i> to be offered by the Nawab <i>Saheb</i> to his guests.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Earlier this work of intricate naqqashi was done only on copper, brass and silver but as the times flew by and innovations and the need for market growth came in, this craft also began to be attempted on aluminum and steel as per the convenience of the customers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Naqqashi art is on a rapid decline as only a handful of skilled artisans are left who practice this art form. There are many reasons that have lead to this slow death of the craft. Some of the reasons can to be attributed to a rapidly declining market condition that has been the reason for the deaths of many other art and craft forms. With the artists realizing that the income generated from such work is negligible, they tend to jump occupation. There have also been instances where the artists have felt less inclined in sharing their knowledge of the craft outside of themselves, their family and or even their clans. Such instances have caused the art to die out with adding of generations to the artisan’s family. Globalization and the attack of machine made products can also be another reason for the decline of this traditional craft.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At present, there are only 15 artisans who are practicing this craft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The metals that were traditionally used are copper, brass and silver. And now, aluminum and steel are also being preferred by the artisans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The common tools which are used are: <i>kalam</i>(chisels), <i>prakaar</i> (compass), <i>hathoda</i> (hammer), <i>nihai</i>(iron slab) and <i>khakha</i>(paper stencils, dies).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The raw materials are sourced from Mathura, Moradabad and Jagadhri in the form of rectangular and circular sheets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once the products are made, this beautiful craft of naqqashi is done on them by skilled artisans. There are two types of naqqashi: ‘<i>ubhaar naqqashi</i>’ and <i>‘jaalidaar naqqashi</i>’. This intricate work is totally done with hands. Beautiful engraving is produced through intricate chiselling and constant hammering on the metal depending upon the designs. Various tools of different sizes and different shapes are used for the desired look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The process of both the <i>naqqashi</i> is same except some forms are cut in <i>jaalidaar naqqashi</i> with a specific chisel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The traditional popular products of this craft are <i>Paandaan </i>(which contains various items used to prepare the paan), <i>Khaasdaan</i> (the pots in which the prepared paans are kept), <i>Ughaldaan</i> (used as spittoons which are necessary after chewing pan),<i> Wajoo ka lota,</i> (water pot), <i>silapchi </i>(for washing hands), <i>Lagan</i> (paraat), <i>Sini </i>(metal pate for covering), <i>Kabgir-chammach </i>(cooking utensils), <i>deg</i> (cooking pot), and jugs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">New products are being made in small sizes for gifting purposes in the ceremonies (for keeping sweets).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Design difference and Variation</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The motifs of <i>naqqashi</i> are similar to those found in Mughal art designs such as the half-moon, full moon, stars and floral designs. The only difference lies in the intricacy of this work. Earlier it used to be more elaborate but now the designs are minimalist for the sake of production purposes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Usage difference</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Earlier the products were actually used on a daily purpose for cooking food, washing hands, keeping beetle leaves and <i>gilori</i> and for keeping water. But now, it is limited to gifting purposes and constitutes itself mostly as a décor product.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As it is a natural quality of copper to oxidize over time, it is advised that these intricate items be cleaned with vinegar and salt using a non-scratch cloth to reduce oxidization.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In this post, we commend the many young artists who have brightened our Diwali. These </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">artists are young boys who found renewed hope amidst a life of prior hardship working </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">as rag pickers and pickpockets in railway stations. Lakshya is a Self Help Group </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">that strives to help these children by rescuing them from a life of terrorizing </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hardship. Their attempt is to rescue these runaways from the streets and the railway junctions </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">by providing them food, shelter, opportunities to attend school on a regular basis while also </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">vocationally training them such as they become self sufficient over the years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lakshya was started in 2004 by Ramesh Gupta in 2004 in the village of Bhatola, Faridabad</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">because he wanted to help those kids who had undergone a similar nightmare as he had in his </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">childhood. As a kid he was rescued from the streets; he was exceptionally lucky because he </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">was picked up by the police but was later handed over to Salaam Baalak Trust where they </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">provided him shelter and rehabilitated him by teaching him some vocational skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In terms of craft, Lakshya is an amazing initiative because this organization has <b>an eco-friendly </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>approach </b>to the things they help create. Not merely that, they have even managed to provide </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">support to over 100 children and over 150 women in the years they have become active. The </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SHG is mostly known for its bag and similar such products made from waste paper and cloth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Umesh tells us that the newspaper bags are usually made by the women who are of Bhatola </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">village because it provides them a means of income. Meanwhile jute and patchwork bags are a specialty of the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">street boys. Around 25 boys come together, some of whom are now married but still working </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">with the SHG to make the jute & patchwork bags which are then sold later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Umesh rues the market conditions as we talk. He says business has suffered a bit because of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">weak markets. He worries because it affects the group in terms of the allocation of their funds. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The money that they gather from their sales goes in the children’s education because they feel </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">that education is the true empowering tool that these kids require. He also vehemently </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">discourages the donation system and says that Lakshya has survived all these years because of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the hard work that their children put in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He says that considering the SHG is situated near a village, it also becomes their duty to </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">generate work opportunities for the village, and that is why much of the stitching and sewing </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">work is handled by the womenfolk of the village. At the same time, children are sent out as small </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">sentinels on the lookout for recycled paper and clothes from the streets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the remote town of Bhuj in Kutch, the now traditional and well known craft of tie and dye was first born about 5000 years ago and over the years it has found recognition as a traditional Indian craft. Bandhej or Bandhani is derived from the Sanskrit word “bandhan” which loosely translates into “to be tied together”. This word alludes to this notion of something that is closely knit together. This is such a sacred notion in the Indian tradition that in Gujarat and Rajasthan, brides are made to wear Bandhani saree because it is supposed to bring a lot of luck in their marriage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Khatri community also has a long drawn ‘bandhan’ with Bandhej. The entire tie-dye tradition is indebted to the Muslim Khatri community who allowed this method to thrive in India. What started as a means of barter with the different nearby communities as a means of survival became one of the trademark craft of not merely their community but also of the country over the recent past. The tie and dye method was used on clothes and then they were worn as turbans, sarees and ‘odhnis’ by the different communities. The various patterns on these clothes also were a means of identifying which community a person belonged to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sajid talks us through the process of bandhani and tells us that there are three major division of the process; first is the pressing method which is followed by the tie and dye methods which makes for beautiful and multi colored and layered cloths. In the pressing method, the design to be used is imprinted onto the white fabric. This imprinting is done with a thin transparent paper which has pinpricks on it to allow the colors to be transferred onto the cloth. The cloth is then pulled with a long fingernail where the hole has been imprinted on the cloth. This area is then tied and tightened in such a manner that the cloth protrudes to form a knot or a bhindi. Sajid tells us that this process is usually done by women. He says that the community has thousands of women who are adept at this technique, having learnt it from their childhood itself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He tells us that over the years, the community has shifted from natural colors to synthetic colors because it allows them a varied range of colors to be used on the cloth. He also says that natural dyes, even though they make their craft much more authentic, don’t allow for a good get up of the cloth overall. Plus over the years, natural dyes that are extracted from roots, berries and other such resources are dwindling; this along with the cheap availability of synthetic dyes have made such shift important. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When we near the end of our conversation, Sajid tells us that his father, Khatri Abdul, who inspired him ever since his childhood, won the National Award in 1998 for his contribution to the Indian craft heritage. He humbly adds in that he himself is a National Merit Certificate holder since 2008 for the efforts he has put in. He enjoys the recognition the community has gained because it allowed him and his father to go places. He proudly tells us that he is waiting to go to Columbia in December for another demonstration of his skills at Bandhej. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In June 2010, a few months prior to The Color Caravan's formal launch, I travelled to a small village called Ajrakhpur </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">in Kutch, Gujarat. I was introduced to Ajrakh - a unique technique in handblock printing by my friend Stina Gardek, a textile </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">designer from Sweden who was then a visiting faculty at Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya. Stina introduced me to Sufiyan Khatri, son of master craftsman Dr Ismail Mohammad Khatri, who </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">invited us to his home for a delicious lunch, followed by a visit to his workshop where he told us about his family’s history and walked us through the process of Ajrakh printing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sufiyan told us the meaning of Ajrakh; it is loosely translated into “aaj rakh” which means “to keep it today”. These simple </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">words are so evocative of this idea of patience that is really necessary for the survival of this art form. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The process is </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">complex as it may involve anywhere from 14-16 steps, depending upon how many colors and layers of block print are desired. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The art </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">uses natural dyes that include a mixture of camel dung, soda ash and castor oil, waste iron, myrobalan, madder, indigo, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">pomegranate peel boiled in water, the root of rhubarb and sprays of turmeric water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Sufiyan's roots can be traced back to the medieval times (circa 17th century) when his ancestors coming from Sindh settled in </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">Kutch. He easily recounted nine generations of his forefathers ever since they settled in Kutch. The then emperor, Raja Rao </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">Bharmal I invited these people to settle themselves in the village of Dhamadka so that these printed fabric could be provided </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">to the royal family exclusively. This really helped the community because of the proximity of the Saran river to this </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">village; water is an essential ingredient of the Ajrakh process because it constitutes an important part of the natural </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">dyeing process thereby cutting down on many expenses that the community might have otherwise incurred. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Khatris have been a trading community and they thrived because of the traditional market of the olden times. The Kutch </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">traditional markets included the Malir, Sirakh and Ajrakh forms of printing which were worn by the men and women of the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sindhi and Jat communities. These prints and patterns were an important attire of the Sindhi and Jat cattle herders who wore </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">them as turbans and other clothes of various patterned designs. The proximity of the market and the Saran river were the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">essential reasons that made the Khatri community settle in Dhamadka, apart from the easy availability of the natural dye </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ingredients. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Around 1950-60s, the making of natural dues was stopped for about 15 years due to the easy availability of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">chemical dyes that infiltrated the markets. This meant that many of the local artisans shifted to chemical dyes over natural </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">dyes. Sufiyan’s grandfather, Mohammad Siddique Khatri was also one of the artisans who shifted to chemical dyes, but wanted </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">at the same time to keep hold of the tradition that had helped the community survive for so long. This meant that he ensured </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">that his three sons, of whom one was Dr. ismail Khatri, learnt the traditional method of using natural dyes in Ajrakh </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">printing by telling them the nuances of natural dye printing and then elaborating the process on small pieces of cloth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sufiyan’s grandfather used to sell clothes in the local market and that is how his family’s luck changed. Once while </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">transporting his products to the markets, he was stopped by a police superintendent and was asked to show what he was </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">carrying. What was going to be a harrowing experience changed his luck entirely. The police superintendent was so impressed </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">by Mohammad Khatri’s work that he visited them and seeing the naturally dyed cloth, ended up ordering many of them while </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">referring the Khatri’s art to many of his friends. This spiked interest in the art so much that Sufiyan’s grandfather </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">restored the vegetable dyes in the resist printing process. This lead to an even more exciting venture where the family was </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">introduced around 1975 to Mr. Bhasin, who was the director of Gurjari (Gujarat State Handicraft Development Coperation </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Limited). When Mr. Bhasin saw the natural dyeing process, he was impressed. But he wanted them to excel at their work, so he </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">collaborated with people of National Institute of Design and sent two designers to their village. They stayed for a </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">little over a week with the family to teach them color combination and improving on the overall layout of the patterns. This </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">mutual appreciation helped Ajrakh printing so much so that they ventured out to the national markets. They reached to markets </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">in Ahmedabad to Delhi and Bombay, ultimately finding appreciation in the global markets ever since. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After the devastating earthquake in 2001, many Ajrakh block-printing artisans in their native village Dhamadka</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> had their homes and workshops destroyed.The earthquake not only affected buildings, but affected the mineral content of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the river Saran. This change affected the way the fabric absorbs the dye through this traditional process. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That's when Dr Ismail Khatri decided to move his base. He came forward to </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">establish a block printing settlement, a tiny village named 'Ajrakhpur' in Kutch </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and the artists </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">relocated to Ajrakhpur which has suitable water</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. This small village </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">is an example of rebuilding lives from scratch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sufiyan credits his grandfather and father as the men who inspired him to take up his family’s tradition. But he’s greatly </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">indebted to his father who over these years has gained recognition in the world of handicrafts. Dr. Ismail Khatri has so </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">vociferously stood by his family’s craft tradition that he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Leicester de Montfort. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sufiyan had a story up his sleeves regarding this too. He told us that when his father gave his first lecture in broken </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">English at the university, people were amazed by his history, which made them proclaim that he would be awarded the doctorate </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sufiyan also told us a little more about his connection to the Ajrakh printing process. He said it has been sixteen years </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">since he was first introduced to the craft form. One of the biggest reasons that he has continued in the family tradition is </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">because he never saw it as a business process. He was rather enticed by the colors and the patterns when he first took it up </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">as a hobby. From gaining recognition in the traditional markets to being earmarked by many Indian designers like Tarun </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tahiliani, Sabyasachi, Anita Dongre; Sufiyan has seen it all. But he prizes his UNESCO Award that he received in 2008 as one </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">tenderest to his heart. He just wants his craft to do well in a time of extreme competitive markets where many replicas of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the Ajrakh print have infiltrated the markets. And with the labour costs increasing and the water resources depleting in t</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">heir village, he seriously fears for his craft. Probably that is why he wants to impart knowledge of this dying art to as </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">many people as possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He coyly told us that over the years, he has travelled to a few countries to demonstrate the Ajrakh printing process some of which </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">include Germany, Austria, and Switzerland although he prefers to show them the natural dyeing process back at his village. He </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">told us that over the past few decades he has seen many art enthusiasts visit the village to know about the intricacies of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ajrakh resist printing method on sarees, stoles, dupattas, lungis, and even on suits. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It has been around 22 years or more since Vankar Murji learnt and excelled the art of weaving. Hailing from the Kutch community of Marwada Vankar, he reminisces about the family tradition that has made him the man that he is today. Tradition is of a lot of import for him because it is the reason that made him take up weaving. His father and his grandfather were weavers in their time and <i>parampara </i>(tradition) made him pick up this wonderful art himself. His father, Hamirbhai was a master weaver associated with the Bhujodi Weaver’s Cooperative and Murji bhai sources him and his brother Dayarambhai as his inspirations to take up weaving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, he is a self made weaver who wants to continue this family tradition. He has 10-15 artisans working alongside him to promote Bhujodi village’s otherwise dying art. Many of them are his relatives, some directly related to him while others are distantly related to him. In a village of about a few hundreds of weavers, Murji bhai wants time to be his ally so that this fading handicraft finds appreciation in a growing modern India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Murji bhai as he’s fondly called by many who know him, talks us through the process of weaving. From the olden days, his village had tie ups with the nomadic clan of the Rabaris who’d provide <i>dhaaga</i> or thread from woolen fleece from the local sheep and goats that would be used for weaving to be exchanged as shawls and other such necessities. For his predecessors, wool has been their trademark material in the production of shawls and blankets for the community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But since India’s independence in 1947 to the protectionism phase of Indian economy till about 1991; that saw the local markets opening up for national markets, to the impact of globalization a few decades later has seen wool losing contention against the acrylic wool counterparts and cotton. He rues the slow process of converting the yarn to thread that has made the community to shift to acrylic wool.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the open market leading to increasing opportunities, the materials and their handloom weaving business progressed by incorporating designs and patterns to their products. They started fusing their traditional patterns with market trends to improve their business and name. One of the biggest motto that Vankar Murji abides by is the elaborate yet intrinsic fusing of traditional and modern methods but incorporating the insignia of his community; of weaving with hands and working the traditional loom to weave fabrics dipped in warmth and affection. Thereby reiterating that time is not the essential factor in the completion of his products.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Over the years, the Bhujodi village has found recognition with Vankar Murji Hamir’s weaver organization where a group of 10 weaving families along with 20 women experiment with their traditional form due to mutating fashion trends. Changing times have seen them bringing together weaving and designing techniques together; nowadays, different block printing, embroidery works and tie-dyeing art forms are learnt by them to combine with their traditional weaving methods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Murji bhai recalls devoting time for a designing course in 2008 with a childhood friend at Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya in Kutch, Gujarat. And that was one of the biggest moments of inspiration for him and his organisation. His final project for the academy was named “Miri” and it was inspired by the <i>Dhablo</i> weaving method, called <i>ghoontni</i> wherein he placed an extra finger weave over the handloom weaved cloth. This became his specialty and has been his trademark method ever since.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the biggest credits that one can give to Murji bhai is that he loves learning more about his tradition and improving on it. But that doesn't mean he’ll forego the importance that technology bears on his art. He and his team are constantly on the lookout for trends that help his products in the market. He is constantly working with Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya, local NGOs and other organizations like The Color Caravan wherein he keeps in touch with not only the market trends but the virtual world. He believes that “age is no barrier when it comes to learning” and his best teachers over the years have been his customers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Currently, Murji bhai is attending exhibitions in and around India where he displays his weaving prowess. His organisation specializes in shawls, stoles, jackets, sarees, mufflers. They have even expanded to bed sheets, cushion covers and even curtains. When quizzed about his children’s reaction to his growing fame, he says that his three children themselves question him about his art. He wants them to learn because he says this craft is his sole lineage, an essential part of his community’s identity. It’s his identity. He wishes his son would grow up to be a “<i>loom ka engineer</i>”. But he also has great designs to include his daughters into his business, thereby breaking tradition of allowing women in the weaving business. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He signs off by echoing his family’s words; our identity lies in our craft. We wish to see Murji bhai climbing great heights on the basis of his works because amazing artists like him are a rarity in this age of blind consumer capitalism which has seen many traditional art forms in India dying out. He knows that struggle is unavoidable since he’s an independent artist but he has not lost heart. He’s rather inspired and sees a bright future for his craft and his community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vankar Murji's beautiful creations are now available on <a href="http://thecolorcaravan.com/">thecolorcaravan.com</a></span><br />
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The Color Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993998004253100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484300234038909157.post-1296819691273073522013-07-23T12:00:00.001-07:002013-10-15T09:39:40.307-07:00Help Uttarakhand<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Given the situation in Uttarakhand, three NGOs <b>Karm Marg, Kadam </b>and <b>Samoolam </b>have come together along with a local Uttarakhand partner, Mr. JP Mathanki of the Aagaas Federation. Their plan is to support five villages(<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B82N0njatkZ2ZkZGWG5nYnFuNjA/edit" target="_blank">see PPT file for details</a>) over the course of a year in the Badrinath valley. Very little attention has been given there so far, farmlands and cattle have been washed away and the locals barely have any means of earning a livelihood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>'Help Uttarakhand - Let's Join Hands' </b>initiative will start with providing these villages immediate support as state help has barely reached yet because of their remote location and non accessibility due to the broken roads. Their trucks will take the supplies till Kaulagarh in Dehradun OR to Pipalikot. Distribution to the remote villages will be done by the volunteers on foot and donkey back, till the roads are rebuilt by the BRO team. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How much they will be able to help will depend on how much funds we all can help them raise. We request you to join hands with us and help in any way possible. <b>No contribution is too small. Donations in the form of cash or kind are equally welcome. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">DELHI - Karm Mard, 201, 2nd floor, Jeevan nagar, New Delhi - 110014 Tel +911143534735</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">NOIDA - A 30, sector 23, Noida (near Noida city centre Metro station) Tel +919910000861</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">FARIDABAD - Karm Marg Home, Village Khedi Kallan, Faridabad Tel +919899392567</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">GURGAON - E 903, Central Park I, Gurgaon Tel +919810508928</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All the contributions are being routed through the NGO Karm Marg's account in order to maintain complete transparency and the 80G tax exemption to donors. If you are transferring money, please <b>email </b>us your <b>name, address, contact number </b>and <b>PAN card number </b>for tax purposes at :<br /><b>letsjoinhands2013@gmail.com</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Branch: M-2, South Extension - II, New Delhi 110049</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For any Inquiries or updates call Pooja - +919910000861/Veena - +91989939567.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>P.S. - </b>People behind Karm Marg, Kadam and Samoolam are my friends. Be assured that your money will be used to support the 5 villages mentioned in the<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B82N0njatkZ2ZkZGWG5nYnFuNjA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> pdf</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Swati Seth</span></div>
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The Color Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993998004253100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484300234038909157.post-36258174432746554262013-06-26T02:40:00.000-07:002013-10-15T09:41:01.820-07:00Madhubani Jewelry by The Color Caravan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This summer has all been about carrying forward the art of innovation and design in our approach to handicrafts. The Color Caravan has yet again ventured into the mesmerizing art of Madhubani thanks to the popular demand for Madhubani beaded neck-pieces which were launched in 2011. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We were energized to envision a new style of wearable craft evolved from our earlier Madhubani neck-piece designs. Our summer intern Dhanushree Dhasmana, a student of Lifestyle & Accessory Design from National Institute of Design(Gandhinagar) developed the 'new 'Madhubani necklace collection. Dhanushree co-created these Madhubani neck-pieces along with our colleague Kanchan who assisted her on this project and of course our very talented Madhubani artist Hira Devi. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Once again, we gave some wooden rings to Heera di and asked her to paint them over in vivid colors with Madhubani Art. Our aim was to take these beautiful round concoctions and to forge them into contemporary masterpieces. To conceive a bold accessory which shall make a distinct fashion statement for the women of today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With this idea we indulged into the different exotic combinations of materials which accentuate the wooden rings. We experimented with various compositions along with resham (silken) threads, brass metal sheet, brass ghungroos, wooden beads and metal beads. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">These explorations lead to the creation of fascinating joineries from which we selected the sequences which brought out the perfect blend of the craft, color and life. These visually impressionistic compositions were ready to intrigue and conquer our followers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Our research on a distinct theme board, mood board and color palette directed us to a mesmerizing fusion we wished to achieve. For the women in power, ready to ‘bring some bling’ in their styled apparel, this new range of neck pieces were discovered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There were four ranges developed from these inaugurations.<br />The first range incorporates three exquisite wooden rings, brought together by a blast of bold coloured <em>resham</em>(silken) threads and cords. A bunch of small brass <em>ghungroos</em> have been further added to the neck piece to add a little playfulness to the beholder’s walk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The second range is one of our festive compositions. The three wooden rings are brought together by golden <em>zari</em> thread, black resham (silken) threads and a exuberant clinking bunch of small golden <em>ghungroos</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The third range is an inventive, western attempt with entrancing combinations of wooden rings of adjustable length variety. These rings have been designed such as to attract a sense of individuality in all generations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Orissa is one of those states of India that is world renowned for its handicrafts. One of the most popular crafts of Orissa is the gorgeous Appliqué technique work that comes from the town of Pipli. In the local slang, this technique of patching cloth design is usually known as “<em>Chandua</em>”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pipli is a small town, situated about 40 kilometers from Puri, Orissa. The income of this town is essentially dependent on the sale of its handicrafts of which the appliqué works are the main source. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Appliqué is a French technique that basically cuts up various colored fabrics which are then sewn on to the surface of another foundation fabric. It was first discovered when clothes were ripped and they needed to be sewn over in order to fix them. But essentially it has now developed into a needlework technique in which smaller pieces of fabric, materials like small mirrors and other forms of embroidery are sewn onto a bigger piece of cloth to create designs and patterns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Many products are doled out by this small town. The streets are kaleidoscope of colors; choc-a-bloc of Trasa banners, Chandua-canopies, Chhattri-umbrellas, animal puppets, wall hangings, covers for shrines, parasols, bags, pouches, cushion covers and lanterns. Samiana or canopies and chhattri/umbrellas carry the most appliqué techniques of the utmost artistic skills. These crafts are mostly inherited, comes down from family to family. Pipli applique technique mostly uses cut patches of cloth which are then designed usually in flower, birds and animal patterns. They then are sewn into bedcovers, cushions, lamp shades, etc. The colors that are usually used are the four primary colors: black, white, red and yellow but over time other colors have been introduced to enliven the craft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pipli Appliqué formed the backbone of Orissa’s craft industry initially but over the years they had fallen into decline until recently it found its way back to popularity by catering to a wider array of customer needs. Usually casement, suede and velvet goes in the making of Pipli appliqués with women acting as the main designers of the work while the men merely involving themselves in the cutting of the cloth stylistically.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There has been a lot of demand for Pipli works and one of the major sources of income for these artisans are the Pipli appliqué lamp. A lot of effort goes in the making of something that looks really simple and stylish. There’s a lot of cutting and sewing involved apart from the embroidery and mirror work that goes into the making of a lampshade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pipli lampshades are intricately made and the time taken to put up a lampshade is entirely dependent on the complexity of the pattern. Usually a smaller sized lampshade takes about a day but sometimes the bigger pieces with more intricate workings of patterns and designs take up about two to three months. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The designing of the lampshades begins with a simple stenciling of the size of the lampshade required and then cutting the shape out on a cardboard paper. The stencil outlines are then traced out neatly over the cloth. The important thing to note </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">is the artisans’ need to preserve the cloth because they believe in minimal wastage and try to rescue and recycle as much cloth and material as possible. The traced outlines are then cut onto many identical layers of cloth which then are bundled together. This makes it easy to store and use them when required.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lampshades usually make use of a coarse and low cost material cloth onto which the appliqués are then machine stitched in simple and decorative patterns. Then the artisans make use of wooden or iron rings to mould it into the shape of the lampshade. And once the cloth is stitched onto it the embellished mirrors are stacked onto it using simple stitching process. Many artisans even add borders and other forms of embellishment to enhance the beauty of the lampshades.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">These lampshades are usually prepared in bulk because they are extensively used during festivals. But since they have even picked up a market in many cities, they are constantly in demand. This has meant a steady means of employment for many men and women in the town of Pipli. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Amazingly, in lampshades alone, over 1000 designs and patterns are available. This coupled with the fact that they produce the most serene ambience has ensured that these lampshades won’t go out of trend for a very </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A growing demand for Pipli art, especially by foreign tourists has resurrected this previously neglected cottage industry. Machine stitching has also caught up with the artisans of this town which is a proud achievement for these workers. But the people of this town are mostly proud of their handcrafted achievements because that is the purest way of keeping their art heritage alive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Kantha hails from the regions of erstwhile East Bengal, present day West Bengal and Bihar. Essentially a woman's art, it is a form of patched, quilted and vividly embroidered textile made entirely out of used cloth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It originated from the way in which Bengali housewives mended old clothes by taking out a strand of thread from the colorful border of their saris and making simple designs with them. Old saris and dhotis are used to make handmade gifts for family and friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Sanskrit word ‘kontha’ means 'rags.' One of the many stories regarding the origin of the craft links it to Lord Buddha and his disciples, who used to cover themselves with garments made from discarded rags that were patched and sewn together. The oldest extant Kantha date from the early 19th century and is embroidered with blue, black and red threads that were unraveled from sari borders. Because they were salvaged from used garments that had been frequently laundered, the colors tend to be muted. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The original craft process involves layering worn clothes together and binding them with variations of the simple running stitch. This process is called Kantha quilting. Even though the craft uses only one kind of stitch, it is the numerous variations and intricacy with which it is executed that make the art beautiful. Motifs used in embroidery may be geometric or very elaborate in nature. Flowers, tress, gods and goddesses make for the more popular motifs used. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Often Kantha tells a story through its embroidery of different tales using symbolic motifs, thereby receiving its name from the Hindi word '<em>Katha</em>' or story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Contemporary Katha doesn’t necessarily follow this process. The embroidery has been used on various products like saris, cloth, bed sheets, cushion covers etc. primarily on cotton or silk. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The Color Caravan has worked to co-create Kantha cushion covers with the women of our partner NGO in Uttarakhand who are 'exceptionally' good with Kantha embroidery, patchwork & applique work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Our creation has adapted the traditional Kantha stitch in a more contemporary form, using Bhagalpur silk and cotton cloth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Untouched by the modern trends of the world, India homes over 85 million tribal people, the largest population of indigenous people in a country in the world. These indigenous people have endowed the country with a deep rooted cultural heritage, derived from nature, and preserved for centuries.</span></div>
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The growing dependency on modern technology has led these tribes to lag behind socially and economically. More than 50% of these people have no access to economic assets like communication and transport and thus, live below the poverty line. In these circumstances they strive to maintain their livelihood, taking only what is required.
In times of such economic strife, the government along with many organizations has tried to encourage revenue generating activities amongst different tribes. They are based on the locally available resources so as to create gainful employment for the tribesmen, without disrupting the delicate balance that they live in.
Ever since then, the commercial sale of tribal crafts, especially jewelry, has been given a lot of support. Made using various mediums like bone, shell, clay, wood and crude metal; tribal jewelry holds a distinct rustic and earthy charm for the urban market; its crude finish an aspect of beauty itself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tribes like the Santhals from Central India, Bhils from Rajasthan, Bhutia, Khasi, Jaintia , Wancho & Konyak of northeast India among many others are now producing such jewelry for commercial purposes. Their interests are protected by the Government lest they may fall prey to exploitation.
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With a sudden surge in the market demand for indigenous craft, tribal designs and their jewelry, this trade has experienced growth. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This bold and vibrant hand block Bagh printing has its origins in Bagh village in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh and from where it also derives its name ‘Bagh prints’. This unique craft was started by the Chhippas of the Khatri community who migrated to Bagh around 400 years ago from Larkana is Sind which is famous for its Ajrak prints.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bagh was chosen as a suitable place for this craft as the high copper content in the waters of Bagh River adds depth to the color. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Like most handicrafts, Bagh printing is a tedious and time-consuming process but the end results are worth the wait. The whole process of block printing involves '15 STEPS' and a single Bagh print composition may comprise of as many as 1300 different block impressions. <br />
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The process starts by treating the fabric by soaking it in raw <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">sea salt, non-refined castor oil and goat dung; it is then dried three times in succession. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After the final drying the cloth is dipped in a solution of <em>harada</em> or <em>baheda</em> powder. After drying the cloth again for fifteen days, it is washed in flowing river water and finally boiled in water mixed with <em>dhavdi</em> flowers and roots of <em>aal</em> tree in a copper vessel to give colors a deep hue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bagh prints are characterized by geometrical patterns of floral motifs, usually using tones of black, red and blue. Many of the Bagh print motifs are imitations of the drawings made by the <em>Pandavas</em> during their stay in the caves in exile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Making the printing blocks is a tricky task, wherein teak blocks are carved patiently with sharp carpentry tools. They are immersed in oil for days upon completion to prevent insect attacks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Natural colors are extracted through various raw materials. Tamarind seed mixed with alum creates the characteristic red color of Bagh and black color is obtained by leaving a mixture of iron fillings and jaggery together for a fortnight. Whilst the artists try to experiment with new colors using peels of different fruit and vegetables, the traditional dyes still yield the best result, being tried and tested for years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Imitation prints have flooded the market and can easily mass produce 20,000 meters of cloth a month. Hence, these imitation prints are threatening this craft, its value being lost in the dilution of quality process. </span><br />
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The Color Caravan has partnered with the Bagh block print artists of the Khatri community to expand the reach and extent of this craft form. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Native to the city of Nawabs - Lucknow, earlier known as Oudh or Awadh, Chikankari embroidery dates back to the 17th century when it was introduced as a court craft by the Mughal empress, Noor Jahan.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Over time it spread to the cities of Kolkata, Delhi, Dhaka, Varanasi and Bhopal when court patronage was offered to the artisans. However, Awadh remained the home of this art as the finely embroidered Muslins of Chikan became a prescribed requirement of the Mughal Court. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> The word <em>chikan</em> comes from the Persian word <em>chikaan</em> meaning drapery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Originally done on Muslin cloth with raw thread, white on white, Chikankari is a form of subtle embroidery in which minute and delicate stitches stand out as textural contrasts, shadows and traceries. In a unique form of this art, <em>'anokhi chikan</em>' the stitches do not appear at the back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">International Trade fairs in the nineteenth century such as 'The Calcutta International Exhibition of 1883-84' and 'The Indian and Colonial exhibition of 1886' imparted a huge impetus to the universal demand for chikankari. It was no longer dependent on court patronage as commercialized demand grew. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Like most handicrafts, Chikan embroidery undergoes a laborious process. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The pattern to be embroidered is stamped onto the fabric by hand with a wooden pattern block that has been coated with <em>neel </em>(indigo).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The fabric now has the outlines of the designs that will be embroidered into the delicate ‘shadow’ embroidery motifs that are the defining feature of Chikankari.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">After this the embroidered product is washed. Washing is very important. After the product goes through the preceding steps it becomes so dirty that the finer flaws are not seen unless it is washed. Clipping extra threads, fixing any flaws, and putting finishing touches on product are some of the final steps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The names of some of these stitches are <em>phanda, chana patti, ghaas patti, bijli, jaali, tepchi, bakhiya, hool, zanzeera, rahet, banaarsi, kharau, keel kangan, bubul </em>and <em>hath kadi</em>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Depending on the type of garment and the pattern to be embroidered the entire process happens in a series of stages over a period of months or even years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Also, the embroidery itself is divided among the artisans, with pairs or groups of three or more specializing in one particular stitch. When one group completes their particular stitch for a garment, it is passed on to the next group to add their specialty stitch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After surviving the loss of royal patronage, Chikankari suffered deeply at the hands of commercialization and lost its way in mediocrity as traders flooded the markets with coarse work and thoughtless design owing to growing demand in the 1980s. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Color Caravan along with its partner organization in Lucknow is striving to do the same, shaping the craft to the needs and demands of its patrons whilst maintaining its authenticity and intricacy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Check out some elegant <a href="http://www.thecolorcaravan.com/Art%20/%20Craft%20Form/Chikankari-attrid-229-sort--1-page-1.html" target="_blank">Chikankari stoles</a> created by craftspeople of our partner organization on our <a href="http://www.thecolorcaravan.com/" target="_blank">eStore</a>.</span><br />
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The Color Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993998004253100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484300234038909157.post-40435138018695475372013-05-02T08:20:00.000-07:002013-05-05T01:42:15.290-07:00Madhubani Art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The Madhubani meta-cluster districts of Madhubani, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur lie upon the ancient land of Mithila famed for its cultural heritage, finding its origins in the Ramayana. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It is believed that on the occasion of his daughter's wedding, Janaka; the ruler of Mithila asked his kinfolk to decorate the floors and walls of the kingdom with painting and thus Madhubani originated. True to their land, the people in this region continue to maintain a unique sense of culture and art. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Surrounded by the Himalayas on the north and the Ganga's water-network in the other three directions, it is believed that Madhubani's geographical seclusion aids the flourishment of this unique cultural mileu. Headed by the conservative Maithil Brahmins, this region is home to a strict caste discipline which seems to dictate all aspects of socio-cultural life, including its rich craft heritage.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Mithila's crafts exist within a delicate balance of all these factors, coupled with gender <br />roles - it has been observed that Madhubani paintings are only done by women; murals painted by Dushads (those on the lower boundaries of castes) depict the harsh realities of social divide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br />Madhubani seems to draw its main influence from Hindu rituals, mythical figures, gods and goddesses. The artists also draw symbols from their natural surroundings which abound in aquatic flora and fauna. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">These natural motifs and linked with symbolic meanings - the turtle is a symbol of Vishnu, the Snake is perceived as the guardian of the underworld, and the lotus and bamboo symbolize female and male sexuality respectively. Ritual paintings accompany auspicious occasions and find their way on the walls of people's homes when newly weds arrive, or on the birth of a child. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Madhubani paintings have been prevalent in three forms, Aripona or floor art; Bhitti Chitra or wall paintings and Godana meaning tattoos. Natural colors of rice paste, turmeric and <em>sindoor </em>are traditionally used by the women to create such paintings. Wall paintings made by upper caste Brahmin women derive their themes from mainstream Hindu worship, whereas the mud murals made by the Dushads revolve around their epic, Mahagatha, and its protagonist, Raja Sailesh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Though it is rather well known today, Madhubani was originally discovered by co incidence. Government officials touring the region in 1966 due to an ongoing drought discovered this art form and realizing its true potential, urged the women to start painting on paper for commercial purposes.That was the time when Madhubani broke free from its ritualistic ties and truly blossomed as an art form. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Most commonly sold as paintings on paper and saris, the commercialization of this art has come to empower the women of this region, otherwise plagued with gender differences and a strong patriarchy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We at The Color Caravan have tried to further the scope of this art-form by partnering with individual artists and self-help groups co-creating one of a kind Madhubani crafts, hoping to reach more people and creating awareness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Following are some of the products that we've created with our partner artists over last 2.5 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Check out some of our Madhubani art products currently available at our <a href="http://tinyurl.com/d67m2kp" target="_blank">eStore</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With a lot of unrestrained bubbling excitement, we are happy to announce the launch of The Color Caravan eStore : </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yes! We know it has taken forever but it is FINALLY up & running. Yay!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This means buying your favorite 'The Color Caravan' products will be much more easier now :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We are still fine-tuning the content on the store but please do have a look & feel free to share your feedback.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">- We are currently shipping only within India.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">- Shipping is FREE for all orders above Rs.2000. For orders below that, we charge a flat<br /> Rs.100 shipping fee.<br />- Our Payment Options include: Online Transfer, Credit Card, Debit Card using Net <br /> Banking. <br />- </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We also offer Cash Before Delivery to selected cities in India via <a href="http://gharpay.in/" target="_blank">GharPay</a>- a “doorstep <br /> cash payment network”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Process for Cash 'Before' Delivery:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1.Customer selects GharPay as the mode of payment during checkout.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">2.Customer will receive a call within 24 hours of placing the order to confirm the order <br /> and other details.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">3.Gharpay agent will visit the customer's location and pick up the cash as per the order.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">4.Once the cash has been picked up, The Color Caravan will ship the order within 24 hrs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">5. GharPay - Cash before Delivery is not available on Sundays and national holidays.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">6. All other policies apply as normal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Also, in order to receive timely updates about our latest products & upcoming collections, please <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ckwyo6w" target="_blank"><strong>Signup for The Color Caravan newsletter here</strong></a></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> or through the sign up widget on our eStore. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 21.11px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Don't worry, we won't spam. Promise :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This post is dedicated to our partner artist who evokes beauty in her works on Madhubani Art. Shabnam Kumari or Mini as she is fondly called is from a small village called Laxmipur in Madhubani district, Bihar. <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">She comes from a family of women who have been trained in this artistic profession of making Mithila paintings for years now. Her interest was nurtured by her <em>amma </em>(mother) Meena Devi, a Madhubani artist. However, Mini believes that her greatest inspiration has been her <em>nani</em> (maternal grand-mother), Mahasundari Devi, a famous madhubani artist and winner of some very prestigious awards like National Award, Nagarjuna Award and Padma Shree. Her grand-mother nurtured the art till Mini picked it up on her own. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Mini has been painting since her childhood but she picked up the market aspect of her paintings only in Delhi in 2001. She reminisces during our conversation about how she realized her potential to commercially paint in the Mithila form when she was accompanying her sister, Pushpa Kumari for an event at Pragati Maidan in 2001. A lady at the event realized her potential and offered her the opportunity to paint; And fearless as she is, she took up the offer to craft her own history (her sister was never in on this until the very end!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">She married soon after in 2004 and went to Guwahati with her husband. Even though she wished to further her craft there, opportunities never came her way and she went back to a life of family and motherhood with her two kids. Ever since then, she has returned ambitious and has been in a village near Delhi NCR for the past two years. But she now works whenever work comes her way because of her kids. She tells us that she even though she likes being a mother, she misses that pleasure that work accords her. She worries that if work doesn't keep coming her way, she'll soon have to return to Guwahati to her husband.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Childhood stories of her association with Madhubani paintings invoke a lot of nostalgia in her. To her, her proudest moment was when she got the opportunity to go to Japan. To her it all began in class 8th, with a Fine Art competition based on Flowers and Leaves or as she calls it - phool patti. A gentleman called Hashigawa came, made his request of paintings that were personally done by the students. Mini rose to the occasion, did a fine painting based on the Goddess Saraswati. This impressed the gentleman so much that he sponsored her trip to Japan soonafter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This story also corresponds to the story of how she started selling greeting cards to earn money. As kids, one used to gift cards to each other's friends. When her grandmother, Mahasundari Devi, heard of it, she encouraged her granddaughter to sell greeting cards to earn money. This was her first attempt at earning money of her own. But mostly, she realised that her talents in the field of Madhubani paintings could fetch her a unlikely livelihood in the future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">During our conversation, one story leads to another and Mini can't seem to hold back the stories. She talks about her stint as a college student at Mithila University in Bihar. She remembers going for a Rangoli competition back in those days assuming it were a Mithila painting competition. The first attempt was not a fruitful one as she returned empty handed. But this prompted her to prepare for the competiton the next time. When she was asked to attend the competition again, she went on to becomimg university first in the field of arts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">She also remembers going to Vardhman University's competition around 1995-97. She recounts how she lost the competition, also losing out on putting the Mithila University on the forefront of arts simply because her skirt ended up ruffling her painting on completion. BHU went on to win the first position she recalls with a sigh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For her, art is a constantly evolving process. She remembers how Jyoti Basu made her realize this. Once during a visit to Calcutta she recalls how he forced her to think of the human effort that is central to such works. He'd ask her whether she could draw from her left hand. She in her innocent vehemence, drew something with her left hand. Which again brought further questioning from Jyoti Basu; he asked her why she began her paintings by starting from the head of the painted subject instead of the toe? This prompted her to draw another painting proving that she could draw starting from the toes. She even drew from the left and right hand to prove how good she was with Mithila paintings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Our conversation ebbs out with one last story of her youth wherein she exercised independence and chose a path less followed. She tried out as a Radio Presenter for a few months. All she did was script a few stories, went to the radio station and impressed them enough with her stories that she ended up working as a presenter at the station. To her that incident is a crucial piece of history that she carries along with her today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We are blessed to be working with a wonderful artist like Shabnam Kumari. Her child-like enthusiasm, warm smile, passion for Madhubani painting makes her an asset to the organisation. But mostly, The Color Caravan realizes its family of artists who bring their history into their art and transform us completely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Delhi has quite the history with kites. Being a kid in the streets of Delhi, you realize the tradition of flying kites on India's Independence Day celebrations in August every year. So how could we miss out on this tradition while many a rooftops were abuzz with energy for the 'pench larana'!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So to fulfill our part in this tradition, we chose August 13<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> as the day for an amazing and artsy kite-making workshop for kids!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Early in the morning The Color Caravan set out with Eureka! Bookstore with many enthusiastic kids and our amazing kite-makers Touseef Miya and Shahvez from Rampur in tow for the workshop at Bumble Bees and what a fun-filled day it was! Colorful papers, scissors, sticks; everything was flying around inside the bookstore weaving magic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was simply amazing how the kids put in all their creative powers into making these kites, getting right away into the business of getting dirty with the glue and colours. Greens and blues and reds, it was as if the books themselves had come to life! Any inhibitions that the kids felt just melted away as the hours passed away in the making of the kites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">But it were the kite-makers who stole the show for us that day. Our Kite-Masters enthralled the children with the retelling of the history of kites. For stories and theories suggest that China was home to the birth of kites while many others believe that Gengis Khan and his Mongolian soldiers brought kites during their invasions. But what is more intriguing is the history of our kite-makers themselves. They are the descendants of the many generations of Rohillas from Rampur, a family intensely involved in the craft of kite-making. They came to India around 1680 from the mountains of Afghanistan, settling down in the Terai region of India. Their stories are vivid, just like the kites that the children had created.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div>
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The Color Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993998004253100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484300234038909157.post-91074154705005712902012-05-01T00:49:00.004-07:002013-05-05T01:46:44.660-07:00A BIG Leap<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yes! We've been busy setting up our new office cum warehouse cum art & design studio :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Do you like the first look?? Do tell us.</span><br />
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The Color Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993998004253100764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484300234038909157.post-35634079931273565332012-04-30T00:30:00.000-07:002013-05-08T04:54:04.923-07:00A Brush With Gond Art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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turn out way different from what was originally planned and sometimes these
plans are better than what was originally envisaged. On 28th April, The Color
Caravan along with Eureka Bookstore organized its first workshop ever: a Gond
painting workshop for children with Gond artist Mangru Uike at Bumble Bees in
New Delhi.</span></div>
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introduce the Gond painting workshop with the artist, Mr. Heerman Urweti. We got
amazing response from people the moment the event was announced on our Facebook
page, with bookings getting over within 2 days of the announcement. This moment
was very special to us; we realized that members of The Color Caravan family
were actually interested in learning folk art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But our event hit an
impasse in the form of some sad news regarding Heerman’s family. He called to
tell us that he would have to miss out the workshop because his badi mummy had
passed away. We were saddened by this news because we felt for Heerman and his
family. But we were also in a bad place because we didn’t want to cancel our
first ever workshop.</span><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/p206x206/156176_364203873638540_972262515_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/p206x206/533407_364203940305200_1270409168_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" closure_uid_pt9q6i="22" height="640" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/p206x206/533407_364203940305200_1270409168_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/p206x206/389706_364207786971482_1710904327_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" closure_uid_pt9q6i="23" height="640" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/p206x206/389706_364207786971482_1710904327_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And that’s when our good
friend, mentor and craft promoter, Minhaaz Majumdar came to our rescue! It was
through her we were immediately able to replace Mr. Heerman with one of her Gond
artists, Mangru Uike. But before we could give the green signal to our event we
had to call up the parents of our young workshop participants to seek permission
for the workshop with Mangru Uike and not Heerman as was originally planned. And
amazing as our TCC family is, they all agreed to have Mangru Uike lead the
workshop for us. So there we had Mangru Uike hopping onto the next train to
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a bit, we are sure that our readers would be interested to know a little bit
about the history of Gond art. Essentially, Gond tribal community is one of
Madhya Pradesh’s largest indigenous communities whose artistic expression lies
in deriving a meaning to life while attempting to record their local history.
These drawings are not only based on the local folklore but also are intimately
derived from images found in one’s daily life. The community also celebrates
nature in its craft which can be seen in their celebration of forests and
agriculture. But the predominant theme in these paintings have been that of
mythical beasts apart from the detailing that is done through the use of flora
and fauna, as Mangru Uike showed us.<br /><br />In the end, we were
enervated, but our creative abilities were never exhausted. The workshop was
such a massive success that we are now inspired to conduct many more workshops
for our TCC family! A hearty thanks to all those who came!<br />P.S. A special mention to
Shreya Lahumi who was there to support us throughout! :)<br />
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The Color Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993998004253100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484300234038909157.post-80818483026401921142012-04-20T05:57:00.002-07:002012-11-01T11:34:16.367-07:00Hello blogworld :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We know that we created this blog way back in 2010, even before we officially launched The Color Caravan, but could never get around to use this space.<br />
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