Dancing deities @ Indian Haathi
Launched in 2021 to help artisans impacted by COVID-19’s first wave, the Hyderabad-based Indian Haathi takes satisfaction in its quirky creations that depict legendary and people characters: Surabhi, a white cow, Ambhra the elephant, and Dawon the lion, amongst others.
Their newest assortment of dancing deities (upwards of ₹600) is a tribute to the divine, says founder Krupanand Karthik Rambhakta, including that he works with round 60 artisans from the craft group of Etikoppaka, Andhra Pradesh, who’re well-known for his or her lacquerware toy craft, regionally referred to as Lakka Bommallu. “From the cheekiest Ganesha to Vishnu and Lakshmi, the stories, myths, and the symbolic representation of these deities have always been an intangible part of our life since childhood,” he says of the gathering launching in collaboration with Bengaluru-based retailer Greenhouse.
‘Veera’ earrings by Indian Haathi.
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Also a part of their new launches is a spread of earrings (upwards of ₹350). Krupanand explains how a talented artisan can chisel and assemble every bit inside an hour, however the “meticulous part of the production is the hand painting of various facial features and the finer details which usually takes up to six hours”. “We are working with various freelance storytellers and illustrators across the country to come up with a range of mythical storytelling books and activities, and also looking at launching our website and expanding our offline presence through various stores in South India,” he provides.
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Custom caricatures @ Ulta Pulta Designs
Creations by Ulta Pulta Designs.
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Launched in 2015, Piyusha Singhvi of the Jaipur-based Ulta Pulta Designs attracts from life’s complexities and “simplifies them by creating quirky products that bring joy”. The artist works with totally different mediums comparable to wooden, paper, waste bins (match bins, telephone bins), and materials to create hand-painted and illustrated wood plates, artwork prints, collectibles, and block-printed attire. Launching this month is a spread of wood collectibles — Kaath Ki (which means, of wooden) — primarily based on Rajasthan’s famed Kathputli craft, and a group of quirky clay collectible figurines of Gods and Goddesses. “We are also planning to launch a range of hand-painted wooden plates that will be available for sale from July,” says Piyusha.
A creation by Ulta Pulta Designs.
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Upwards of ₹200. @ultapultadesigns on Instagram
Custom decor @ Differniture
Known for her practical espresso tables, eating tables, chairs, wood upholstered sofas, and so forth., crafted from salvaged wooden, Aakriti Kumar believes all her merchandise “are somehow inspired by Nature”. If not in its bodily look — the Topographic Coffee Table has been impressed by terrace farming within the Himalayas — then positively within the pure really feel and texture of the wooden, she says. For instance, the way in which she accentuates a tree’s annual progress rings or the reside edge (pure curve of bushes and branches) of the planks reduce from fallen tree stumps.
Aakriti explains how, pre-lockdown, the Differniture group labored with inside designers, architects in addition to owners to custom-make wood merchandise for residential and industrial tasks. “That took a shift towards a larger project — the development of holiday homes in the Himalayas. Currently, all the products we are making are to furnish those cabins, however, we do have an inventory of pieces at our studio in New Delhi where clients can pick up ready pieces,” she says, including that their manufacturing moved to Uttarakhand in 2020 “where we have better access to our raw materials — fallen trees from neighbouring forests of UP and Uttarakhand”.
Chandeliers by Diffurniture.
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Taking us via the method of discovering the wooden, Aakriti researches and finds areas that consolidate wooden deemed “useless” and put it up for public sale. “I then go out to look for logs that I can use in my furniture, and I also reuse discarded wood from shipping containers, byproducts of the automotive industry, as well as old wood from floorboards of homes which are the best kind since they have been naturally seasoned and ready for use,” says the designer, who can also be engaged on villas in Goa.
Upwards of ₹18,000 on differniture.com
Watch | Hearing and speech-impaired artisan carves wood items price lakhs
Tabletop equipment @ The Beehive India
The Rooster Table by The Beehive India
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The New Delhi-based design studio that works with indigenous species of wooden comparable to neem, babool (from Alwar, Rajasthan), Ghana teak, and padauk (from Africa) to craft tabletop equipment and furnishings is rooted in Indian craft. “Our prime philosophy was to have a close conversation and observe every piece of wood and allow the wood to decide the form of the product rather than us deciding the product,” says founder Pankaj Narain, who’s now finding out chicken kinds to create 2D wood artworks. “Connecting a specific colour of wood with the appropriate colour in the bird’s body was an interesting experience. Once we receive the artworks from Mysore (where the marquetry work happens), we inlay them on a solid wood base to convert them into a table, tray, or a wall panel,” he explains. Other merchandise in The Beehive India catalogue comprise trays, bins, serviette and cutlery holders, chopping boards, and cheese serving platters, amongst others. The furnishings vary, he says, consists of eating tables, chairs, beds, wardrobes, and extra.
Qutub Flower Coasters by The Beehive India.
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Post the completion of the chicken collection, Pankaj says he’ll craft furnishings cupboards utilizing chicken inlay because the entrance panels, and would additionally prefer to discover Kashmir’s famed pinjrakari artwork “to develop a series of furniture. “We are in the process of finalising the product ideas. We are keen to play with the grain, colour, lines, and texture further to create wall art,” he says.
Upwards of ₹2,500 on thebeehiveindia.com
Gond artwork @ Earthen Strings
From coasters and work to cotton tote baggage and stationery, Preeti Thakur’s model is a “personal ode to India’s traditional art forms”, notably Gond artwork. “I find the combination of vibrant colours and seemingly simple shapes like dots, dashes, and curves mesmerising,” says the artist primarily based in New Delhi who has now launched a group of hand-painted wood wall plates impressed by the artwork kind which originated from the tribal communities of Madhya Pradesh.
A wood wall plate by Earthen Strings.
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“Each plate features intricate motifs such as animals, birds, and trees brought to life with warm, earthy colors of ochre, red, and green,” she provides, “the wood comes from small business units in Uttar Pradesh, and each piece typically takes me two to three days to complete”
Plates upwards of ₹1500. @earthen-strings on Instagram.
Channapatna toys @ Toy Trunk
Launched in April 2021 by Priyanka Mangaonkar-Vaiude and Ajay Vaidya, the start-up aimed toward partaking kids sans display screen time, champions Channapatna’s artisans who craft practical toys from wooden. Co-founder Priyanka says their newest launches embody Montessori bowls, threading shapes, lacing beads, kitchen units, and cord stilts.
The kitchen set by Toy Trunk.
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“Threading shapes and lacing beads are for preschoolers which help develop finger muscles and hand-eye coordination. Through our rope stilts, children learn to move, balance and lift their bodies against gravity and simultaneously develop full body coordination,” she says, including {that a} stacking toy, designed to develop creativeness in kids and a folding busy board for youngsters aged three and above are within the offing.
Toys by Toy Trunk.
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While the Maharashtra-based model’s artisans in Channapatna historically use ivory wooden (regionally referred to as hale wooden) for making toys, they now work with different variants comparable to neem wooden (regionally referred to as Gauda neem), beech wooden, and rubber wooden, and use non-toxic colors. “Turmeric is sometimes used for yellow, indigo powder for blue, and deep red cosmetic powder, also known as kum kum, for orange and red.”
Upwards of ₹390 on thetoytrunk.in
Source: www.thehindu.com
