USTTAD Project
(Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Art/crafts for Development)
The project is undertaken by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, India. The scheme aims at upgrading skills and training of minority communities by preservation of their traditional ancestral arts and crafts. It also envisages boosting the skill of the craftsmen, weaver and artisans who are already engaged in
craft practices. Me and my colleague Raj Dadhania willingly became a part of this project and went to Punjab to document the current scenario of hand embroidery craft ‘Phulkari’. It includes field work, primary data, secondary research and our design interventionas designers.
craft practices. Me and my colleague Raj Dadhania willingly became a part of this project and went to Punjab to document the current scenario of hand embroidery craft ‘Phulkari’. It includes field work, primary data, secondary research and our design interventionas designers.
Seel Pind, Patiala, Punjab, India
-Gurmeet Kaur and her son. - Phulkari artisans.
-Contemporary Phulkari work.
-Contemporary Phulkari work.
-Ajitkumar Barma- Wooden block maker and printer for Phulkari
design. (contemporary method to plot design on fabric)
- Tracing sheets and ink.
- wooden blocks with phulkari motifs.
design. (contemporary method to plot design on fabric)
- Tracing sheets and ink.
- wooden blocks with phulkari motifs.
Phulkari NOW -
Phulkari THEN -
Chand Bagh Phulkari
Traditional ‘Chand Bagh’ 1950 -
(Phulkari owned by Mr. Vazeer, Kutch, India)
(Phulkari owned by Mr. Vazeer, Kutch, India)
Vari da Bagh’ Phulkari (Bridal) -1965 Punjab
-Hand embroidered, counted thread technique, silk floss
on hand spun an hand woven cotton
(Phulkari owned by Mr. Vazeer, Kutch, India)
-Hand embroidered, counted thread technique, silk floss
on hand spun an hand woven cotton
(Phulkari owned by Mr. Vazeer, Kutch, India)
