One of the oldest crafts of India, the handicrafts of bamboo are well known to man. Various regions in India universally practice this craft form. The wide-ranged availability of bamboo…
An outsider’s perspective on India is that we instantaneously conjure images of Bollywood (as clichéd as it may seem), touristy historical monuments, bright colors, flavor-bursting cuisine, and a stunning and…
Arts and Crafts furniture, The Great Exhibition of 1851 held in London was the event that triggered the Arts and Crafts movement. William Morris’s vision inspired the emergence of the…
Greek design extends from c. 900 B.C.E. to the first century C.E. (with the earliest surviving stone engineering dating to the seventh century B.C.E.). Ancient Greek draftsmen took a stab…
The Central Park, the Empire state building, the High line, the Statue of Liberty, the Broadway, Manhattan …oh so many things and places to praise New York City for! It…
“We’re in this moment where we’re trying to become more tactile, we want to have more touch” -Jonathan Anderson Any concord around words such as skill or handmade quickly prompts…
The panorama of Indian crafts celebrates many hues and shades of meaning through traditional crafts of India that reflect interactions with social, economic, cultural, and religious forces. The traditional crafts…
