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Aditi Ranjan (née Shirali; born 25 February 1952) is an Indian textile designer, educator and researcher involved in the field of Indian crafts. [1] She taught textile design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad from 1974 to 2012. [2]
Nowadays, hand-made products are considered to be a fashion statement and an item of luxury. India's rich cultural heritage and centuries of evolutionary tradition is manifested by the huge variety of handicrafts made all over the country. Handicrafts are a mirror of the cultural identity of the ethnic people who make it.
M. P. Ranjan studied the crafts of North East India, along with his colleagues Ghanshyam Pandya and Nilam Iyer and published the book Bamboo and Cane Crafts of Northeast India in 1986. [ 4 ] [ 8 ] Ranjan got interested in the craft documentation work in North East India, inspired by Aditi Ranjan , his colleague and later wife and took a trip to ...
In February 2016, Craftsvilla acquired on-demand shipping service provider startup Sendd for about $5 million, to strengthen and streamline its logistics capabilities. Mumbai-based Sendd was founded by IIT Bombay Alumni ( Nav Agrawal and two others) in April 2015.
Terracotta shrine figure of Aiyanar, who is a male village guardian deity. The Crafts Museum was established in 1956 by the now defunct All India Handicrafts Board. [4] It was set up over a period of 30 years starting in the 1950s and 60s by the efforts of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, when the area was envisaged as an ethnographic space where craftsmen from various parts of India would come in to ...
The craft has diversified over time; in addition to the traditional ivory-wood, other woods—including rubber, sycamore, cedar, pine and teak—are now used as well. [7] Manufacturing stages include procuring the wood, seasoning the wood, cutting the wood into the desired shapes, pruning and carving the toys, applying the colours and finally ...
Weaving of mats using leaves of the screw pine plants is a craft practiced mostly by women in Kerala. This craft, which is practised by artisans in all the districts of Kerala, has been in existence as long ago as 800 years. The mats produced by screw pine has a significant role in the traditional customs of Kerala.
Pembarthi Metal Craft is a metal handicraft made in Pembarthi, Jangaon district, Telangana State, India. [1] They are popular for their exquisite brassware , sheet metal art works. [ 2 ]