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indian crafts
November 17, 2022ByIn, ,

Upcycling with plastic waste

We specially developed a collection for Tropenmuseum shop in collaboration with Rajiben. We made colourful products of handwoven plastic waste, which coincides with the 'Plastic Crush' exhibition
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June 6, 2022ByIn, ,

IndiGold: A peek into the priceless blue dye

India was the earliest major center for the production and processing of indigo and was valued as a luxury product. Because of its high value as a trading commodity, indigo was often referred to as blue gold. In the 19th century the demand of indigo was so high, that many farmers were forced to cultivate...
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May 15, 2022ByIn, ,

Wear them, don’t eat them

We specially developed a naturally dip-dyed scarves for Textielmuseum shop. The colourful scarves are handwoven and dyed with various natural ingredients based on ancient old recipes.
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April 16, 2022ByIn, ,

Indian Visual Storytelling

The Textiel Factorij has developed a series of lectures and workshops for art academies in The Netherlands on Indian visual storytelling art. While traditionally, the artforms were intended to be used to disseminate religious stories, and ideas, some artisans use their art to make stories to bring awareness to their communities.
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April 4, 2022ByIn, ,

The environmental impact of sustainable textiles: A cross-cultural perspective

Srikanth Damarla is writing his master thesis at Saxion and conducting research on sustainability by analyzing naturally dyed fabrics and chemically dyed using the Life Cycle Assesment methodology.
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February 5, 2022ByIn, ,

Colville & Textiel Factorij

The collaboration with TF matches with their love for crafts and the value they have for artisans' skills. Together we created cushion covers bursting with colour with master weavers using hand-dyed and hand-teased yarn on custom-made looms.
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November 16, 2021ByIn, ,

Weaving Networks

If you or your kids would like to become more aware about the textile history between India and The Netherlands and the present-day fashion industry, you can listen to our podcast or read this story, which has been written specially for children. Craftspeople in India often live in villages with nature all around them. They follow...
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August 25, 2021ByIn, ,

Theliya

Aastha and Sakshi two design students from NIFT Gandhinagar are interning with us. They are researching various arts and crafts which connect India and the Netherlands. They interview artisans who still practice these century old making traditions, showing their resilience during the corona pandemic.
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August 25, 2021ByIn, ,

Kachra

Aastha and Sakshi two design students from NIFT Gandhinagar are interning with us. They are researching various arts and crafts which connect India and the Netherlands. They interview artisans who still practice these century old making traditions, showing their resilience during the corona pandemic.
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June 28, 2021ByIn, ,

Patolu

Aastha and Sakshi two design students from NIFT Gandhinagar are interning with us. They are researching various arts and crafts which connect India and the Netherlands. They interview artisans who still practice these century old making traditions, showing their resilience during the corona pandemic.
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