While on the Indian side of Gujarat and RAJASTHAN, the belt and makers are on the decline, on the other side of the border, which is Pakistan, the camel belt makers are flourishing I am told.
![]() He has played a unique role in helping to keep this ancient technique alive and to develop it in new directions. My three workshops that were scheduled around the same time were quickly cancelled by the institutions that had invited me. I soon figured out there had to be a way out to deal with this uncertainty and I was not alone. These works would be fitted onto bamboo frames and would be stools for seating. The two-day workshop proposal will be sent to the Braid Society as soon as the conference dates and location is announced. The proposal became Constructing a HELICOID using the Ply-Split Braiding Technique. The technique used is eight strand square braids built on a key ring. ![]() I am working towards 1000. How is the COVID-19 situation affecting design education and craft communities. Students were sent home and the pending classes of the semester were conducted via online classes. From what I hear from individuals who work directly with craftspersons and craft communities, the situation is grave. A faculty colleague and friend suggested I look at camel girths closely. My simple curiosity of trying to figure out how a motif was created using the ply-split braiding technique sent me in search of a craftsperson and my first visit changed my life forever. On my second visit to the desert town of Jaisalmer in western Rajasthan, I met my teacher and guru Ishwar Singh Bhati. ![]() For me, he was a Grand Master of a little known technique of ply-split braiding. Creating by hand with simple tools should never be forgotten. That suggests that there arent Master artisans in this braiding technique to take over. They print a story of what they see in the exhibition galleries in the big cities but very few of them would have researched the technique at its source. Even now if one visits villages in remote areas, an elderly craftsperson can be found practising making a belt.
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