Living with craft

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The compilation of my Magazine Inspired "home tours",series coming to full form this monsoon.Magazines are always a source of inspiration for me ,by breaking the creativity block,by opening the doors of art and design of homes. Some homes can remain simple ,while some remain beautiful works of art and some maintain their unique space and style.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Now that I am at my native,discovering old magazines,from 80's which have been stashed,safely in shelves,finding a way into my blog..</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hope you will all enjoy these tours...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">In Gita Ram's,enchanted forest of ferns,that fills a sun splashed pergola at the entrance of her Madras residence there lurks a rich diversity of forms.For Gita Ram,Secretary of The Crafts Council of India,who has been actively associated with the Crafts Council for the last ten years is a firm believer in the idea that if crafts and craftsmen have to survive their existence depends on crafts becoming an integral part of our everyday lives.Very true isnt it?</span></div><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3636/5820809546_509cb82739_z.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 490px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 640px;" /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/5820247459_54b4fdbab4_z.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 640px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 599px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span">the inner courtyard with the traditional tulsi plant and the madhubani is by the artist Paswan.</span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5231/5820247273_a87697daf3_z.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 459px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 640px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span">the family looks out into the verandah and into the courtyard and the rug is from Tilonia and the plamyrah stools are still in the prototype stage and the diwan is form Kerala</span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2563/5820246883_317f2cc1c4_z.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 418px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 640px;" /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2532/5820808418_e8b77d741e_z.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 435px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 640px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span">the main living room with furniture from Taaru .the hanging lamp is from Bangladesh derived from reed skull caps and the kilm is from afghanistan.</span></div><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5039/5820808820_48a2d96cce_z.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 640px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 540px;" /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span">staircase is paraqueted with teak and the good luck symbols are from sikkim</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3360/5820807946_be06f94e00_z.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 533px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 640px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span">the dining room is dominated by a large round table with a richly polished brown marble top.A collage by the name "Bird"by Thotta Tharini,presides over a low table holding a number of interestingly crafted utensils of everyday use.</span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2376/5820807800_5a3f9f26c2_z.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 526px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 640px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span">study divan has ceramic tiles on to its backrest.a teak medicine chest with bras inlay.the drawing is by "Devadoss"<a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/5820807526_33863cd3f9_z.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/5820807526_33863cd3f9_z.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 521px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 640px;" /></a></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3299/5820807638_a396fd4975_z.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3299/5820807638_a396fd4975_z.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 640px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 477px;" /></span></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Gitas craft collections</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Image courtesy:Inside Outside,IssueFeb Mar,1989</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Text:Meera Rajgopal,Photographs:G.Karthik</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>

Living with craft

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