ranthambore - artisans from kendra and people from shamota

here are some pictures of people from shamota's potter's family.


ramkesh prajapat, mastram meena

ramkanya devi

no, she has never been to any finishing school.

doli bai

bapur meena

why cant this little girl at right not be a "priyanka chopra"? just look at her confident and arresting expression!

here is what i remember of the conversation going on at this time between her and devika, i have translated it to the best i can..


her: i can come to bangalore too, i can make a choolha like this for you at your home


devika: we dont have cows there, how will you get the dung to coat it everyday


her: oh that shouldnt be a problem, like you send parcels from kendra to bangalore, so you can get the dung couriered.

here are the pics from kendra artisans of "dastkar ranthambore". following is a sequence of a lacquer bangle being made.

he has these various "bricks" of colored lacquer.

first he heats up the base, lacquer stick, then puts a base coat, which is that sharp yellow coating on this picture. then he adds coating of the desired color on this heated up base stick end.

ghanshyam

oh no, they dont change colors like that at the end, these are different bangles ;)

and these are the girls working on quilts etc at the dastkar kendra.

mamta

syani

santara

seema

these are no dastakar artisans, just girls bursting into a laughter fit at their own comic act - trying to use umbrellas for shade - while riding an open air jeep. and the umbrellas were about to fly off in the wind, and of course there was no respite from the extreme heat and sun in ranthambore afternoon. they can still manage to have a good time. :)

notice the look on our driver's face, he's not amused at all. quite a contrast from our happy trio.

May-June Classes @ Art House

April’s in and the heat is on.

There’s a lot on at Sattva too.

A grand discount sale on our range of products.

We can help you stock up on all the gifts you need!

The Art and Applied Arts Sessions for kids

There’s a lot of painting, tiedyeing, colouring, printing…

And lots more of fun and noise!

Soon all the cameras will get busy.

Few slots left in the workshops in May.

Bookings open for our next batch of eager learners for

Basic Photography for Adults

designed to cover the technical as well as creative aspects of photography with an emphasis on hands on exercises, ongoing reviews and critiques of work done during the course to ensure better learning. Topics include, 

1. Technical concepts of camera like aperture, speed, metering, lenses etc
2. Creative aspects like composition of visual elements, exposure, perspective, depth of field etc
3. Other aspects like basics of enhancement/finishing the photographs using software, presentation skills etc.

Starting 1^st of May, Saturdays and Tuesdays

8 sessions: 2 and 1/2 hours each.

And Level 1: Photo projects.

A 3 weeks, 6 sessions module of real time projects on site and at the studio.  Guided hands on experience in shooting at lively locations. Participants are expected to know the concepts covered in "Basic Photography" (see above).

Bookings open for New batches in

Pottery techniques on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays

For children and adults in

Hand building or wheel thrown techniques.

The Kashmir Tour is fast filling up with just 2 bookings left.

Enjoy the magical mountains in June, from the 12th to the 16th.

An all expenses paid trip covering some of the best artisan communities 

And the most scenic locales

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April’s here and the April showers?

Wishing us all some rain, some respite

With warm (!) regards 

The team at Studio Sattva and Arthouse.

ranthambore - village scenes from "kutalpura"

the workshop center for "project ranthambore" is set in "kutalpura" village, the center is called "kendra"by all, which actually is hindi/sanskrit for "center". parts of the village are still like indian villages from past, mud houses with thatched roofs. the difference is that only the very poor now have mud houses, so its not possible now to find a mud house which is not associated with poverty. this is unlike before when even the families who had an ok living(from the village's standards) would have a reasonable house - made of mud and thatch.

jagni from the "kendra" gave me a short tour of kutalpura one of the afternoons, here are some pictures.

there are many pictures which are of closed front doors. i hope to visit the village again sometime with devika and step inside these doors when they open for me.

     

maya bai

ajay