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Textile Technology in ancient India (2) 04 April 2019
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Textile Technology in ancient India (1) 03 April 2019
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Closing the Power Gap Through Internet Technology
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Zari, Zardozi, Tinsel Embroidery
Different styles of Indian embroidery have been handed down from generation to generation: zardozi, chikankari, sujuni, kantha, kasuti, toda, mirror work. The passion for embroidery in India has led to great experimentation in the field, with several styles, creating dazzling effects such as the ‘stained glass’ look, the long cross stitch, rice stitch, textured panels […]
Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Among Artisan Organisations in India Survey Report
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Handmade Artisanal Product Development
Preface Product development is an important element in current efforts to find ways to improve livelihoods and preserve cultural identity among rural low-income artisans in less developed countries. A number of designers are applying their skills in the alternative and ethical trade sectors to increase the capacity of artisan groups to enter new markets. In […]
Dyeing of Silk Yarn with Lac and Indigo
Issue #002, Winter, 2019 ISSN: 2581- 9410 Abstract Natural dye has become very popular particularly in the foreign […]
Handicraft Articles Made with Cane
Santa Clara la Laguna, on the banks of lake Atitlan is situated 147 kms from Guatemala. Though placed in spectacular natural beauty, the people of this region live in extreme hardship and poverty: 85% exist below the poverty line with 65% illiteracy, high levels of child malnutrition, lack of basic infrastructure and 60% unemployment. The […]
The Pitfalls and the Prosperity of Using the Internet
As the 21st century gets well underway and we breech the first half of the first decade of this new millennium, the truth that we are deep within the technological age has finally set. With Internet capabilities reaching far beyond first world countries and the possibilities of on-line communication, research, buying and selling delivering new […]
Magic by Design
This paper was presented at the 1997 Third International Conference on Design Education in Developing Countries, Technikon Pretoria, South Africa and published in Image & Text: Journal for Design (1997), Vol. 7, pp.3-8. It is reproduced here with the permission of the author. Brief SketchTechnology is often associated with the “magic and miracles of the […]