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Workshop on Bamboo Craft


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Source: India

Location: IDC IIT Bombay

Date/Period: 10th - 17th September 2012 

Medium: Photograph


Detailed Description

Bamboo, the fastest-growing biomass, is ecofriendly and a future material for designers. Bamboo craft, with its unique traditions, opens up new possibilities in "design expression" with woven forms. Bamboo Studio intends to nurture bamboo craft to create new products made of craft with industrial discipline and appropriate technologies. The workshop was a result of the collaborative efforts between Bamboo Studio, IDC, IIT Bombay, and Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) Gadchiroli as a synergic step to reach out to the skilled craftspeople of that region with input from a product design and development perspective. This workshop introduced the crafters to new designs, new tools, small machines, moulds, jigs, and fixtures, treatments for borers and fungus, and colouring with natural dyes, etc.