This is one of those rare instances when one has been inspired enough to move the cheese and sign-up for a pottery workshop! After all – if our supremely talented partner artist Shalan Dere – could discover her love for pottery after years of running her own company and nurturing her family, there is hope […]
Craft
The Art & Craft of Dhokra
Our fascination with craft-stories continues. Amongst our most popular and fastest-moving product categories is jewellery. Dhokra jewellery with its golden-yellow finish, traditional and contemporary designs and attractive pricing is something that you all love. Today – we’re sharing the story of the art and craft of Dhokra ( or Dokra ) ! Dhokra (or Dokra) is […]
Touch Wood
As Humankind evolved and started to use different materials to hunt, fight, and to survive – we used stone, metals and then- there was the use of wood. Human beings have used wood since the beginning of their evolution. In fact, early man was quite skilled at moulding a piece of wood into a bowl, […]
A for Acrylic
We’ve been amazed at the kind of stuff our partner artists do. At the designs and forms they visualise. And how they then craft and bring them alive. To create stunning work. And with the most unusual and challenging raw material. Which is why we chose to take a closer look at Acrylic. As per […]
The “Rachaita” Success Story
Success is sweet. And a function of ideas, words and actions that integrate to work consistently in a given situation to make it happen. One of our most successful artistic partners – Lubna Joharali of the brand “Rachaita” exemplifies just this. A qualified fashion designer based out of Mumbai – Lubna’s first work assignment was […]
Guest Post : Contemporising The Craft of “Jutti”
Hello everyone! We – that’s Pulkit & Simran are founder-owners at “Patrena“ ( literally meaning a vessel of gold ) ! We’ve been on the WorldArtCommunity platform for a while now and we thought we’d try to get to know you all a bit better and share a bit about what we do. Our mission […]
Life & Times of an Artistic Engineer
Have you heard about the young lady who completed her engineering degree and landed herself a plum job with Infosys – only to follow the calling of her heart and chuck it all up to pursue formal studies at India’s best design school and then take up a career in lifestyle and artistic design ? […]
Trunk Call Talkies Calls Out
When you hear the name “ Trunk Call Talkies “ – you pause. And you think. And then you think again as to what’s this about? Today’s generation would have to be explicitly made to understand as to what exactly a trunk call was about. And then what’s talkies got to do with it? It’s […]