156
ARTISANSin our database
Masters, families, workshops002
Weavers, dyers and potters, each one reported on in a workshop or a home before they were listed here. Every entry carries the story it came from.
Artisans
24
CLUSTERSmapped so far
Where a craft lives003
Banaras, Kutch, Gadwal and the rest, with the cooperatives, karkhanas and markets that hold each one together.
Clusters
88
PRODUCTSyou can buy direct
Made to order, sold direct004
Gyasar brocade, kharad rugs, black ludi shawls. Message the maker on WhatsApp instead of a middleman.
Products
31
MATERIALSfibres, woods and dyes
What the work is made of005
Silk, camel hair, babool wood, pomegranate skin, indigo. Where each one comes from and who still works it by hand.
Materials
47
PLACESvillages, markets, haats
Every place becomes a pin006
Who to meet, when to go, what to buy. The same notes the Journeys itineraries are built from.
Places
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