[Bamboo Craft.]
A study of bamboo craft in Dang, examining how material, environment, and community knowledge shape everyday making practices.
This project documents the bamboo craft practices of the Kotwalia community in Dang, Gujarat, situating the craft within its ecological and cultural context. Rooted in the forest landscape, bamboo functions not only as a material but as a medium through which knowledge, labour, and daily life are interconnected.
Through field research and photographic documentation, the project captures the processes, textures, and rhythms of making, focusing on how material is sourced, prepared, and transformed through hand techniques. The study foregrounds the tacit knowledge embedded within craft practices and the relationship between artisans and their environment.
[Service.]
Craft Research
Product Design Collaboration
Exhibition Curation & Design
[Realm.]
Crafts | Material | Exhibition
[Essence.]
Tactile | Ecological | Observational
[About.]
[The Material.]
[The Paper.]
[The Exhibition.]
Field documentation focuses on capturing the material, processes, and everyday practices that define bamboo craft in Dang.
Insights from field research inform the development of a lighting object that translates traditional bamboo weaving into a contemporary form.
The exhibition presents bamboo craft through material, process, and visual documentation, creating an immersive understanding of the practice.
