Craft is not just about souvenirs or artefacts for display.
Many hand-crafted objects have a real functional use, and contain the lakshana or characteristic of sustainablity.
As I have written earlier about craft in India: ‘Since nothing was designed as simply utilitarian or purely decorative, most objects had a continuing use, and were thought of in their entirety, to form a way of life that was a celebration of all the senses.’ (Is there something called ‘Indian Design’?)
This is a series on crafted objects that I use on a daily basis, which are beautiful, functional and sustainable.
Today’s object is a belan I bought about ten years ago at a Dastkaar Craft bazaar, made by craftspeople from Gujarat.
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