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If you love handmade stuff…
ItsHandMade is an online store of various one-off quirky things handmade Kitschy painted kettles, crochet coasters and hoop earrings, Angry Bird cupcakes, charm bangles, floral-print jum...
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Creating structures from rare coins
Perhaps there are over 100 coin collectors in Chennai, but S. Hunsuldeen of Saligraman stays distinctive among his fraternity. The 45-year-old automobile spare-parts dealer not only owns a...
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Beauty in the mundane
At French materials artist Emmanuelle Faussart Odye's fingertips, plastic transforms into the most intriguing of things
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May 16, 2012
She quills for jewels
Ranjitha S. studies commerce at Jain College and aspires to be a company secretary one day. She also panders to a variety of her interests — reading novels by Stephenie Meyer, collecting coins and...
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Chennai,
May 12, 2012
Turning rags to riches
Sitting on the front porch of the house an old lady (about 70 years) twists threads around her finger all the while looping in a big plastic needle structure in the other. Children, big and small,...
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May 10, 2012
The mundane as high art
It does not come as a surprise that artist Subodh Gupta should wish to head to a utensil shop in any city. The internationally acclaimed, Delhi-based artist who is showcasing his artistry at the u...
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May 2, 2012
From charka to mobile hardware
It is fashionable to blame it on the government when things do not go right in society and disregard any government initiative as ineffective. The multidisciplinary training centre (MTDC) set up b...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
April 30, 2012
A unique 'twist' to copper
Art does not have any dimensions and nor do the ways to pursue it. An Italian who is a mechanical engineer by profession tried sculpting with copper wires and has now made it his hobby.Tizia...
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April 28, 2012
Lion-headed legacy
Pedda Rayudu, the 15th descendant of the Rajah of Venkatgiri and the founder of the town and the kingdom of Bobbili, was a connoisseur of the arts. The royal instrument was the veena and it was the...
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Bidar,
April 26, 2012
Things are looking up for Bidriware artisans
It appears bright days are ahead for Bidriware artisans and the craft. The Export Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) has identified Bidriware as having high export potential and is chalkin...
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April 23, 2012
Colours of creativity
Channapatna is a gingerbread house of lacquer, where bright and colourful traditional home décor come alive through Karthik Vaidyanathan's new venture, Varnam.Started over a year ago, Varnam...
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April 19, 2012
Melting pot of creativity
In the years following Independence, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, the doyen of India’s craft renaissance, travelled the length and breadth of the country, often by bullock cart and sometimes on foot,...
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Thiruvananthapuram,
April 12, 2012
On strings of imagination
There is a group of children surrounding Sara Andreis. While some are asking her if what they are doing is right, others are asking her for a needle and thread.“First you take a sponge ball and th...
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A dazzle in the dark
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CHENNAI,
May 14, 2012
Database on monuments, antiquities incomplete
Many antiquities and monuments in the State remain undocumented under the ambitious National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities project that is funded by the Central Ministry of Culture. <...
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May 12, 2012
Showcase: A cop and his camera
“Face Two Face”, a solo exhibition by Shivaraju B.S., is creating ripples in Bangalore. A policeman by profession, Cop Shiva — as he is called — has had no formal training in photography. The exqu...
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May 3, 2012
In sync with nature
Walking around the block printing areas of Jaipur, one can hear the rhythm of the beautifully crafted blocks as they connect with the fabric stretched on the table with a firm ‘thump.' The precise...
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May 2, 2012
Creativity takes on a third dimension
Tanushree Verma , a software engineer by profession, has loved painting and clay modelling for as long as she can remember. She enjoys oil and glass painting. Here, she tells us how she became...
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New Delhi/Bhilai,
April 29, 2012
Bhilai planners cut short Jatin Das's flight of steel
Where once was a soaring 30-foot sculpture of welded steel at a traffic roundabout in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, there is now a concrete flyover to ease the city's chronic traffic congestion problems.
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Chennai,
April 26, 2012
The handcrafted elegance
Kota doria is a unique and an almost transparent weave whose production process by Rajasthani villages tells its distinct textile story. Soft to the touch, yet with a serried feel at the edges, it...
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April 25, 2012
Crafting divinity over the ages
Making dolls is no child's play and the artisan family living on 3, Mukkuchetti Street, in Kosapet will tell you why. As their expert hands give life to colourful papier mache forms, an array of go...
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April 21, 2012
Mastering the art of Kirigami
The mention of paper craft almost invariably brings to mind, the Japanese art, Origami. Not many know of Kirigami, a variation of this popular craft. Neither did J. Ramesh, until recently, though...
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Tiruchy,
April 13, 2012
Where the gods are born
The centuries peel away in the workshop of D. Srikanda Sthapathy in Swamimalai: men who look like they could belong in a bygone era sit around a traditional mitham sculpting the bodies, fingers and...
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Chennai,
April 12, 2012
Weaves of the season
It's a ode to summer at the Cottage Industry's ‘Cotton Sari Mela'. Light as breeze, ethereal cotton saris awash with nature's gentle hues carry the imprint of handcraft embellishment perfected by...
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