This e encyclo-journal of the Craft Revival Trust covers an exhaustive spectrum of information and informed opinion on subjects relating to the crafts, textiles, arts and its practitioners. Being the only available composite archive of information and analysis of its kind it is recognised for its width of topics and authentic texts. With features added on every month it forms a loose encyclopaedia in its widest definition.

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What Price Culture? A Hypothetical About Craft and Design
Kevin Murray, Independent Writer and Curator
After eight years as Director, and another eight years before that as a curator, I left Craft Victoria...
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Jawaharlal Nehru State Museum, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
A Photo Feature by Govind Singh, Doctoral Student of Urban Ecology.
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Mysore Chada Ganjifa - A Forgotten Royal Card Game
Geetha Rao, Honorary Secretary, Crafts Council of Karnataka
At a recent seminar in Houston on “Royal Legacy: Vijayanagara to Mysore”. I was invited, to make a...
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Rising from the ashes…?
Eiluned Edwards, Joint Senior Research Fellow in Textiles and Dress, Victoria and Albert Museum
An earlier article described the edition of block-printing...
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Weavers of Fulia & Shantipur - A Report
Anjali Kalia, Textile Revivalist
Nestling in rural Bengal, amidst the verdant paddy fields punctuated by picturesque...
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The Second Annual Convocation and Mela of Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya!
Judy Frater, Director, Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya
In November 2005, Kala Raksha launched Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya, an Institution...
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Read responses and send in your own...
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In conversation with the Masters...
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In continuation to our aim of creating knowledge bases and facilitating research and interaction, we are including weblinks to organisations around the world involved in...
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View a photo gallery and visual documentation of some of the leading crafts of India...
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The endurance of a craft or a textile technique over time has been dependent on many factors: very crucially, the flexibility of the craftsperson in moulding products, developing motifs and...
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A hands on guide on how to use simplified craft processes to produce interesting creations. Easy to master the skills and techniques have been detailed step-by-step. Graded by age and level of difficulty...
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