Art, Craft & Skill

167 artisans. Twelve studios. One working campus.

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01 — Studios

Our studios.

S. K. Mirmira Memorial Clay Studio
01
S. K. Mirmira Memorial Clay Studio
Wheel and hand-built pottery, terracotta, kiln firing.
Acharya Nandalal Bose Craft Studio
02
Acharya Nandalal Bose Craft Studio
Drawing, painting, printmaking, illustration.
Stockholm Papyrus Natural Tye Dye Studio
03
Stockholm Papyrus Natural Tye Dye Studio
Natural dye extraction, tie-dye, block and resist printing.
Gangadhar Meher Textile Studio
04
Gangadhar Meher Textile Studio
Handloom, weaving, textile finishing.
Amarendra Ghatge Bee and Wax House
05
Amarendra Ghatge Bee and Wax House
Apiary management, honey extraction, wax products.
Pandit Ravishankar Memorial Indigenous Music Ashrama
06
Pandit Ravishankar Memorial Indigenous Music Ashrama
Traditional instruments, songs and performance practice.
Paper & Mask Craft Unit
07
Paper & Mask Craft Unit
Paper-mâché, mask making, handmade paper.
Print & Product Studio
08
Print & Product Studio
Screen printing, product finishing, packing for market.
Sora Art Studio
09
Sora Art Studio
Wall painting and tribal art traditions of the Sora community.

02 — Training

Skill to livelihood.

01Identify Craft & Cluster

02Studio Training

03Product Development

04Market Linkage

05Artisan Income

Skill to livelihood: identify the craft and cluster, train in the studio, develop the product, link it to a market, and the artisan earns.

03 — Market linkage

Getting it sold.

01
Product development
Turning a traditional technique into something that sells without hollowing it out.
02
Our own retail
Craft lines including Magic Terrain Clay, sold through our cafés and campus outlets.
03
Institutional supply
Conference gifts, mementoes, corporate and event orders, produced to spec at volume.
04
Exhibitions & fairs
Stall design, display, and direct artisan participation.

04 — Source villages

Where our craft comes from.

Raghurajpur, Odisha
Raghurajpur, Odisha
Pattachitra scroll painting and paper-mâché masks from India's best-known craft village.
Kotpad, Odisha
Kotpad, Odisha
Natural tie-dye and vegetable-dyed handloom from the Kotpad art village.
The Sora community
The Sora community
Tribal art, wall painting and craft traditions of the Sora people of southern Odisha.

Terracotta ware

Kotpad stole

Natural dye lengths

Paper-mâché mask

Handloom yardage

Honey & wax

Linocut prints

Sora wall panel

Magic Terrain Clay

Earth, Art, Life, Technology & Economy of Permanence