Designing for Crafts: Stone
Crafts Council of India, 2005-2007
Strategy for development of skilled
young traditional stone carvers at
a national level across India over
four years with the aim of creating
sustainable livelihoods in the context
of modern market conditions. A new
range of over 200 utilitarian products
were designed through these
workshops for traditional Indian
stone craftsmen
1 18 pieces of the semi precious

Belgium Black stones are inlaid into

theAlabaster plate to create each

Autorickshaw motif.
2 Marble wash basin
3 I am drawing a banana leaf onto

a sandstone planter for the stone

artisans from Orissa
4 Artisans carving out a design

drawn out by me