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Education for Artisans-and Consumers

 
Education for Artisans and Consumers: A Path to Sustainability
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September 30, 2024/by Judy Frater

Weavers in Morocco

 
In March 2024, I visited Morocco just for fun, but of…
May 23, 2024/by Judy Frater

Book Launch & Tour

Artisans by Design: An Odyssey of Education for Textile Artisans…
May 22, 2024/by Lucie

JUDY Connecting for India FULL TALK

Judy Frater discusses Ajrakh tradition and the innovations…
December 3, 2023/by Judy Frater

Consumers and Craft Connoisseurs

Akib Ibrahim Khatri teaches Ajrakh hand print and natural dye…
October 16, 2023/by Judy Frater

CSR & Craft

In 2012, the Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya Convocation was sponsored…
October 16, 2023/by Judy Frater

All About Value

In the time of the plague in India, 1994, Kala Raksha exhibited…
September 23, 2023/by Judy Frater

Market Forces

Today’s craft is created for urban markets. In many regions…
September 16, 2023/by Judy Frater

Research and Pedagogy

Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya women’s class, 2013.

Research underpins…
September 16, 2023/by Judy Frater

Presenting & Positioning Craft

 
Tausifbhai presents his work to family and professional…
September 2, 2023/by Judy Frater

Tradition and Innovation

The photo is of the first iteration of the interpretation center…
September 2, 2023/by Judy Frater

Ecology, Environment and What We Can Learn From Craft

The late Hariyaben Bhanani explains the toys she designed and…
August 19, 2023/by Judy Frater

Private sector Intermediaries-NGOs, Partnership, Trusteeship

August 12, 2023

Distributing payments in Sumrasar Jatwali,…
August 13, 2023/by Judy Frater

Government (and other) Intervention in Craft

August 5, 2023

Dr. Ismailbhai Khatri and other Advisors teach…
August 13, 2023/by Judy Frater

Art or Merchandise; Manufacturing or Creation?

July 29, 2023

Laxmiben and her partners Taraben and Tulsiben…
August 13, 2023/by Judy Frater

Technology or Creativity

July 22, 2023

What’s wrong with these pictures? The last…
August 13, 2023/by Judy Frater

Imagining the Maker

July 8, 2023

How do we imagine makers? As generic hands without…
August 13, 2023/by Judy Frater

Hierarchy: Craft and Maker

July 1, 2023

In India, social status doesn’t always relate…
August 13, 2023/by Judy Frater

Skill vs Craft Tradition

June 24 2023

A variety of crafts through the world and over…
August 13, 2023/by Judy Frater

Artisan Designer

June 17, 2023

In 2003 when I began developing a design school…
August 13, 2023/by Judy Frater