While earthenware and terracotta – be it the humble ‘kulhar’ to the timeless ‘matka’ (earthen pot) - continue to be part of our day-to-day life across the country, studio pottery largely led by tableware has found a significant place in the plastic arts in post-independence India. Devyani Smith is one of the emerging names within this studio pottery landscape in India.
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As part of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia study program, a young group of contemporary Australian designers worked with various artisans in Gujarat and Bengal to come up with innovative ideas in textile design to be displayed at the gallery.
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Until 1995, Dhebaria Rabari women embroidered exclusively for themselves and their families. However, twenty years ago the elders of this nomadic tribe banned women from embroidering, as the time-consuming work on their wedding trousseau led to delayed marriages.
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