The Domestic Craft and the Artefact Exploring interrelationships in a post-colonial India. from tatting Watch Video
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Description: Presented by Pragya Sharma, Indian Institute of Art and Design (IIAD), INDIA.nnnForming one of the colonial influences, a continued practice in Indian middle-class households has been the creation of artefacts made by hand for daily use, from ornate coverings to decorative edgings for garments. Having a non-Indian provenance and coming under the broad spectrum of domestic crafts, the techniques of crochet, tatting, lace-making, and needlework are practised widely across the country; the act of c
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