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Revival and Re-engagement of Space Making Craft

(Building Craft) within Creative Industries

INDIA URBAN CONFERENCENovember 2011

P l e n a r y S e s s i o n : C i t y i n P u b l i c C u l t u r e

D e e p D i v e S e s s i o n : C r e a t i v e I n d u s t r i e s

a n d D e v e l o p m e n t

PROF. JAY THAKKAR

F a c u l t y o f D e s i g n , C E P T U n i v e r s i t y

H e a d o f R e s e a r c h ,

D e s i g n I n n o v a t i o n a n d C r a f t R e s o u r c e C e n t r e ( D I C R C ) ,

A u t h o r o f Naqsh & Ma t ra

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parts

1 T r a d it io n a l Cr a t v is - a - v is M o d e r n Cr a t2 E la b o r a tio n o th e te r m S p a c e M a kin g Cr a ts (S M C)

3D ICR C s o c u s o n R e s e a r c h a n d D e v e lo p m e n t

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environment

culture

CRAFTS

Tools and

techniques

Empirical

Knowledge

Crafts people

Crafts practice

BUILDING

INDUSTRY

Material

Small & Medium

Enterprise

cottage

industries

applied

arts

design

industry

handicraft

sector

Association o Crat discipline

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Artisans in traditional crats

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Segregation o crats in two markets

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TV & Radio

Video Games

Film

Publishing

Advertising

Architecture

Arts

Toys & Games

Research & Development

Crafts

Design

Fashion

Music

Performing Arts

Software

Creative Industries

Space Making Crafts

Interior

DesignArchitecture

Research &

DevelopmentCrafts

SMC in Creative Industries

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Traditional

Building

Traditional

settlement

Regional

Environment

Space MakingCrafts

Crafts

Practices

Tools and techniques

Working systemsSystemo

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Making

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ystemo

f

working

Systemo

f

living

Organisational

Systems

Ecological

System

Typology

Guild system

Natural resources

Sustainability

Climate

Empirical Knowledge

Knowledge Transfer system

Society

Culture

Economy

Function

Life pattern

Material

SMC in larger context

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Wood carving

PaintingBrick masonry

Wood joinery

Gilding

Marquetry

Carpet weavingCeramic moulding Block printing

Glass etching

Glass

blowing

Glass

painting

Fret workPlaster of Paris work

Brass casting

Curtain weaving

SMC intraditional

house o

Gujarat

SMCs in traditional building

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Discipline collaboration

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FOCUS AREA

Research &

Documentation

Resource Building

Innovation &

Development

Education & Training

Collaboration

Application

DESIGN INNOVATION & CRAFT RESOURCE CENTRE (DICRC)

Research & Documentation

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Research & Documentation

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Design Innovation andCrat ResourceCentreCEPT UniversityAhmedabad

DesignInnovationand CraftResourceCentre(DICRC)

Bamboo Craft: Binding the Knot

Space Making Craft Workshop - 2

SID Research CellFaculty o DesignCEPT University,Ahmedabad, India

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Space MakingCraftClusterMapping

DesignInnovationand

CraftResourceCentre,

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FIGURE 1. BENEFITS OFCRAFT CLUSTER

FIGURE 3. FACTORS RELATEDTOCRAFT CLUSTER FORMATION

FIGURE 4. SPACEMAKING CRAFT CLUSTER UPLIFTMENT STRATEGY

FIGURE 6.KEY FOR SPACE MAKING CRAFT CLUSTER MAPPING

GUJARAT SPACE MAKINGCRAFTS CLUSTERMAPPING ANDEVALUATION

Crat Clusters aregroups ointer-related skil ls or guilds or peoplerelated directly orindirectly to a particular crat orm.

Crats portray thesocio-cultural abric oany region.It represents thehistorical,religious,political,economical and traditional ethos oa province.In India,through centuries cratrelated guilds or clusters and their inter dependency havebeen thecornerstones oart &architecture,tradeand commerce.Dierent crat groups areoten ound inter-related andin present timecan bedefned as Crat clusters and sub-clusters.

Cluster ormation in Crat Sector is based on certain key elements: Similar or related vocation. Geographical proximity. Inter-related skil ls or knowledgebase. Key RolePlayers

Craft ClusterMappingThecluster mapspecifes all related and supportingelements oa cluster.Clusters Mapincludes Primary key Players that aretheartisans followed by suppliers or serviceprovidersospecialized inputs such as materials,machinery,services,and providers ospecializedinrastructure.Quiteoften,clusters also extend to customers and laterally to manufacturers ofcomplementary products and to small scaleindustries related by skil ls,technologies,or common inputs.Finally,clusters includegovernmental and other institutions such asuniversities,standards-settingagencies,think tanks,vocational trainingproviders,andtrades associations,which providespecialized training,education,information,research,and technical support.Craft Clusteringis strongly aected by threemajor factors,any ofwhich may actually besucient to set upa geographical concentration process and promotecluster growth andcompetitiveness.

Theseactors can beidentifed as beingstrongly connected to cluster development.

Geographical factors Historical Events Institutional frameworks

GUJARAT SPACE MAKINGCRAFTS MAPPING: PROCESS

SpaceMaking CraftsClusterStrategiesSpaceMakingCraft Cluster Mappingand Evaluation is themethodology to identify CraftsClusters and conduct a detailed diagnostic study or urther development and uplitmentothesector.

Thekey aspects ocluster-based strategies consist o:

1.Phase1-Mobilization:Cluster Mapping& Buildinginterest and participation.2.Phase2-Diagnosis:Identifyingand deningthecluster then identifyingthestrengths

and weaknesses ofthecluster.3.Phase3-CollaborativeStrategy:Identifyingtheactions required to promotethe

development ofthecluster in association with themain stakeholders in thecluster.Thisalso includes design intervention and technology innovation process.

4.Phase4-Implementation:Implementingthoseactions.

SpaceMaking CraftsofGujarat has over past few centuries gonethrough stages ofevolution as well as decline.Crafts Clusters aredynamic and portray a recognizablelifecycle.Thelifecycleis often described in dierent ways but can berepresented simply as acyclical process containingour stages:

Embryonic clusters thoseat theearly stages ofgrowth. Established clusters thoseperceived as havingroom for further growth. Matureclusters thosethat arestableor will nd further growth dicult. Decliningclusters thosehavereached their peak and arefail ingor decliningclusters

at this stagearesometimeableto reinvent themselves and enter thecycleagain. Dead Clusters-Thosewhich historically existed in a region but with timehaveceased

to subsist.

SpaceMaking CraftsClusterMethodologyFor Crafts Cluster Mappingand Evaluation,DICRChas created a methodology for uniforminormation collection and evaluation.

Phase1: DeskResearch-PreField Study Historical study oftheregion CreateDistrict Proles in relation to SpaceMakingCrafts Enlist Government Bodies related to this sector Enlist NGOs in theregion Pre-eld research on crafts oftheregion Research on architectureoftheregion

Phase2: Field Study Identiy crat orms related to spacemaking Crafts cluster survey Artisans survey Institutional survey and relation building

Phase3-Post Field Study EvaluateCrafts Clusters Analyzefactors and co-factors related to crafts cluster DeriveCluster development strategies CompileDiagnostic Report

FIGURE 5. LIFE STAGES FORCRFAT CLUSTER

FIGURE 2. CLUSTER MAPPYRAMID

B am bo o C as tI ro n j al i A pp li qu eW or k M et al E mb os si ng S to ne Cr af t

Theamplebamboo resources in Gujarat isoneothemajor reasons or thesustenanceothebamboo crat sector in thestate.From constructingbuilt orms to handmadebaskets,bamboo contributes in themakingoa vast rangeoproducts.

Thefamilies haveno separateworkspace.Asthey work from homeitself ,their livingspaceis their work spaceas well.

Another strikingelement oftheBohra Houseswhich is hard to miss is thecast-iron screenswhich arelocally known as theAnkola Jalithat adorns almost every Bohra HouseinSidhpur.Thesejalis werehand-crafted by bending

heated iron and joiningit usingrivet.Oncepracticed by a largegroupopeople,thiscraft is known to only threefabricators inSidhpur at present but seldom practiced.

All theworkshops usually have:a work spacewheretheembossingand basewoodcarving

takes place;a utility space-wherethetarrequired for themould is heated and thecopperplates arewashed with acid;and astoragespace.Patan is thehubofMetalEmbossing,majority ofwhich is donefortheJain Temples across thenation.It is atraditional craft-form in which Idols,storyplates,artiacts etc,areembossed in copperand plated with pureor German silver.Also,doors,chariots and donation boxes forthetemplearecarved in wood and platedwith German silver.

Patchwork is a form ofneedlework thatinvolves sewingtogether pieces offabric intoa larger design.Thelargerdesign isusually based on repeatedpatterns built upwith dierent coloredshapes.

Thesepieces aresewn together on fabrichavingplain background.Theappliqueworkis mainly doneon households likepillowcovers,bed sheets,bags,sari-borders,kurtiand other dress materials.

StoneCrat is oneotheoldest crat-form beingpracticed in India.Guilds ofmasons and stonecarvers haveexistedheresincethe7thcentury B.C.Carvingsin India havebeen doneon dierenttypes ostones l ike,marble,soapstone,sand stoneetc. From theornatecarvings on temples or sculptures odeities,to makingoitems likecarvedpanels,tiles,paper weights,pen standsand other articles,stone

DocumentingSpace MakingCrafts: Sidhpur

DesignInnovationandCraftResourceCentre

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CraftResourceCentre,

CEPTUniversity,Ahmedabad

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TechnicalRepresentation

FieldDrawings

DesignInnovation and Crat ResourceCentre(DICRC),recognizestheneed or studying,recordingandutil isinglocal knowledgeoSpaceMakingCrats (SMC) incorporated in theTraditional and VernacularBuildings oIndia.It is seen that with thetangibleheritageothecountry diminishinggradually,theintangiblecultureis also losingits valuein todays l ives.Thus,DICRCs main objectiveis to integratethem in theongoinginterior-architecturepractices as well as design education through variousinitiatives.It is thedemand otimeto developa databaseocultureand its dierent orms.Oneotheways beinga holistic documentation method,theproject omappingand documentingtraditionalhouses oGujarat has taken placeat DICRC.This plan has been put into action by theteam in severalways rangingrom mappingothehouses across vil lages,interactingwith thelocal peopleto lookor themost appropriatecases or study and fnally measuredrawingevery detail otheselected builtorm includingthelarger landscapeto thesmallest interior details.Therein,a databaseoalmost ftytraditional houses has been recorded across Gujarat.Out owhich a feld visit to seven vil lages wasconducted and then a completeset o documentation o,onetraditional housein Sidhpur,has beengenerated.Final output includes two dimensional and threedimensional drawings which havebeencompiled to exhibit themost elaborateinormation ointerior-architectureelements othebuilt-orm;varyingwith styles,proportions,relationships,aesthetics,unctions,making,expressions andcultural meaning.This endeavour oresees its relevanceas an educational material in architectureand design schools,developingtrainingprograms or both cratsmen and designers,structuringomorecomprehensivecurriculum as well as a evolvinga manual on vocabulary oSpaceMakingCrats or designers.

Space MakingLacquer(Craft)Workshop- I

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CraftResourceCentre,

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SpaceMaking (Wood Turning Lacquer Work) CraftWorkshop, Dholka

Design Innovation and CratResourceCentre(DICRC) organized itsrstSpaceMakingCrat(SMC)Workshop in Dholka, Ahmedabad District, Gujarat. Itcould beconsidered asapilotproject, whichcontributed in structuringtheramework or subsequentutureworkshops. Thisworkshopwascon-ducted over aperiod o10days(01stDec2010to10th Dec2010) by design participantsand Wadacommunity cratspeople. Threeseparateamilies(KannubhaiMistry-MannubhaiMistry, Viren Vi-nod Mistry-Anilkumar HimmatlalSuthar, NeeravbhaiMistry) whoown lacquer workshops, wereapproached and included asassociates. A totaloapproximately 30personsaredi rectly employedin theseworkshops, includingwomen whoareinvolved in theprocessodecorativepaintingon theobjects. Another 24workshopsosimilar skillsarein thearea; however thesethreeareregarded astheoldest, goingback over 50years.

SMC asaMedium for DesignInnovation

Theworkshop involved eld trips, on-eld and of-eld sessionsby variousexperts, visitocratspeo-pletothecentre, and discussionsamongstproessionals, cratspeople, design studentsand acad-emicians. CratspeopleatDholkaarestillcontinuingwith thetraditionalghodiyos, and really needtogear up with thechangingtrendsand marketdemands. Aboveall, therearelotsopossibilitiesor takingthiscratintospacemakingand thisisan interace, which thisworkshop aimed atexplor-ing, takingCratDesign Processasatool. Fewexplorationshavebeen donein theormsocradles,staircaserailingsand lamps. But, they alsoincorporatetraditional elements. Thereore, thereisarealneed totap thepotentialothiscratin termsoinnovativedesigns.

Explorations

Theinitialexplorationswerein testingthepossibilitiesothematerials. Theprocessoturninghasauniquequality toitand theaim was toexplorethis. Gentleand sharp curvatures, undercutsandsuccessivecurvesweretried outon varioussections. Alsosampled werethecombinationsoturnedand unturned sections, groovesand orms. Colour asan elementisused relatively sparingly in theexistingproducts. Thecratsmen tend towork with asetpaletteeven thoughthepigmentsareavail-ablein allcolours. Thestudentstriedoutcombinationsocolour aswellasmixingthecolourson theturningwood toachievevery interestingpossibilities.

Final Prototype(PartitionScreen)

Asamaterialexpression oour engagementwith thecrat, itwasdecided thataspacemakingele-mentwould bedesigned which expressed thestructuralpossibilitiesand joinery aswellasbeing a

sampledirectory oorm and colour. Designed in discussion with thecratspeople, weattemptedtopush theghodiyosstructuralsystem toitsmaximum heightonineeet, thusallowingor thecreation oapartition system, shelvingsystem, or exhibition panel system. Theconceptbehind theprototypedesign wastobringanewapproach oseeing artisanalskillsand expertise, and unlocktheir design capabilitiesin termsospacemaking, thusextendingtheconventionalormstoorgenewproducts.

CraftDesignProcess

Prof.Krishna Shastri

Devanshi Das

Sm ita Aggarwal

Rachna Ahuja

Sam eer Parkar

Sagar Shah

Viren Bhai

Richard Bara

Asst.Prof.Jay Thakkar

Sm riti Saraswat

Manu Bhai

Neha Vaid

Prof.Rajesh Sagra

Soum ya Basnet

Anil Bhai

Mitraja Vyas

Anuj Anjaria

Chandraprabha

Abhiruchi

Viren Vinod

Institution

alrepresentativesandparticipants

Productassembly atDICRC

DholkaWorkshop:CraftDesignProcess

Resource Building

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Innovation & Development

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Education & Training

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Local and international collaborations

SID Research CellSchool of Interior Design

Tapini BambooDevelopment Centre

RhizomeConsortium

EklavyaFoundation

Indian Institute ofCraft and Design

Delft University of TechnologyThe Netherlands

University of Melbourne

Australia

Australia India Institute

Australia

CEPT University

Ahmedabad

Government ofGujarat

SID Research Cell, CEPT University

Tapini Bamboo Development Centre, Dang

Rhizome Consortium, Ahmedabad

Eklavya Foundation, Ahmedabad

Indian Institute of Craft and Design, Jaipur

Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

University of Melbourne, Australia

Australia India Institute, Australia

Collaboration & Application

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Effec t ive meth od s of d oc umen tation an d an alys is

Develop a d ed ic ated res ourc e c en tre

In it iate th eoret ic al an d appl ied res earc hG en erate awaren es s amon g s oc iety

In teg rated c raft ed uc ation

Prod uc e in n ovation s at var ious levels

Impacts

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Thank you

Author

(Naqsh and Matra)

Hon. Secretary

(IIID Ahmedabad Chapter)

Asst. Proessor

(Faculty of Design)

Head o Research

(Design Innovation & Craft Resource Centre - DICRC,

CEPT University , Ahmedabad, India)

Mobile: +91 (0) 98252 99525, Of: +91 (0) 79 26306652Email: jaythakkar@naqsh.in , Web: www.naqsh.in

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