Category: Craftsmanship

Wedding dress made with 42 used plastic bags. Since the wedding dress is a one off event, why not make it in used materials….. to me it is really a crime to buy and wear a dress only once, no matter the occasion… after the D day, it is disposed off ….. I have created […]

In 2004, I started a collaboration with the Woman’s crafts cooperative in Ranthambore ; a delightfull journey that will bring me back to the place and the people regularly over the years….2007, 2009, 2014  . excerpts from the book The Freedom of Having Nothing, Ecodesigner and Modern Nomad  The Dastkar Ranthambore Kendra (= center) is off […]

Into recycling ! How great it is to be back here and contribute with creativity… Back for product development. Gangaram still in the best shop attendant there can be… Everything has changed but people’s heart. This year, there is definitely too much waste produced by the restaurants (more and more of them… ) and tetrapack […]

….excerpts from the book The Freedom of Having Nothing, Ecodesigner and Modern Nomad  After three long years of absence it feels like time to re-visit Dastkar women’s craft cooperative at Ranthambore. Ujwala has been continually asking me to return, playing with my emotions, “Katell, this is your home here, just come.” I do wonder how I […]

The Dastkar Ranthambore Kendra (= a center) is off the main road of Sawai Madhopur town, on land bought by the Dastkar society. Their projects began in the nearby villages surrounding the Ranthambore National Park. The 400-square-kilometer national park is one of the finest natural tiger habitats in the world, but when the park was […]