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Artist-Artisan-Craftsperson

June 10, 2023

In the USA, I grew up revering Art. The distinction…
August 13, 2023/by Judy Frater

Making in Craft

June 3, 2023
How many times have you seen a maker depicted as…
August 13, 2023/by Judy Frater

Design Education for Recognition

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April 1, 2023/by Judy Frater

Museo Textil De Oaxaca Co-Design Across Culture

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August 9, 2021/by Judy Frater

The Textile Museum Handmade: Creating Textiles in South Asia

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August 9, 2021/by Judy Frater

The Emergence of Artisan Designers in Kutch, India

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December 3, 2020/by Judy Frater

Artisan Designers in the Time of Covid-19

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May 19, 2020/by Judy Frater

Market Forces

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September 1, 2019/by Judy Frater

Notes from the ground: Values in the Eyes of the Artisan

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August 15, 2019/by Judy Frater

Sustainability, Style and Fashion

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February 12, 2019/by Judy Frater

Who Are the Workers? the Artisans’ View

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August 16, 2018/by Judy Frater

SKV Open Studio Tours: A Cultural Exchange

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May 18, 2018/by Judy Frater

Barefoot Education

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May 16, 2018/by Judy Frater

All About Soul: What is Success? Part 2

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March 18, 2018/by Judy Frater

Polarization in the Cyber World

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February 16, 2018/by Judy Frater

Remembering Hariyaben

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December 14, 2017/by Judy Frater

Kutch to Kashi

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August 29, 2017/by Judy Frater

Bagalkot to KAMATGI!

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August 15, 2017/by Judy Frater

Coping with Copying

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August 7, 2017/by Judy Frater

Perfection, Excellence, and Connoisseur- ship

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January 1, 2017/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
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