A Metaphysical Approach to Paper indicates a hypothetical, mental, ethereal, imperceptible, spiritual approach. It is not about how to make……..but raising the questions: what are people doing bending over vats with water and pulp and why are they doing this? Imagine someone viewing paper (ark) making for the first time. The viewer would see the […]
INTRODUCTION I’ve become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll make it through another door – or I’ll make my own door. Something wonderful will happen, no matter how dark things look at present. Rabindranath Tagore. (From collection of quotes by Tagore, the Bard of Bengal, to […]
Issue #007, Winter, 2021 ISSN: 2581- 9410 The value of the Chaubundi and Bindaas Unlimited collaboration is richly varied and has created unexpected benefits. It […]
Issue #007, Winter, 2021 ISSN: 2581- 9410 Marlies and Meeta started working together in 2017 as part of a Textiel Factorij project. They continue to […]
Issue #007, Winter, 2021 ISSN: 2581- 9410 For most people, the idea of hand-block printing in India evokes familiar images of colourful shrubs and meandering […]
Issue #006, Autumn, 2020 ISSN: 2581- 9410 Preface Handicrafts in India date back to the Indus Valley civilisation (3300 B.C.E. – […]
Issue #006, Autumn, 2020 ISSN: 2581- 9410 Osogbo is a traditional Yoruba town in southwest Nigeria. Today it is the capital […]
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By Design: Sustaining Culture in Local Environments Issue #004, Winter, 2020 ISSN: 2581- 9410 Many of the contributors […]