Who we are

Partners & Collaborators

MANTHAN SANSTHAN KOTRI
Community based nonprofit organization and Implementation partners Manthan Sanstha kotri, based in rural area of Ajmer district, Rajasthan. It was started in 1998, prior to which it was a field centre (1981-1997) for the Social Work and Research Centre (SWRC) at Barefoot College, Tilonia.
Manthan works on diverse local issues related to Sustainable Development along with empowering marginalized and excluded communities in 120 villages of Ajmer and Nagaur districts, Rajasthan, India.

THE SWRC- BAREFOOT COLLEGE. TILONIA & HATHELI SANSTHAN
The SWRC-Barefoot College started working with crafts in 1974, a community-based organisation providing basic services and solutions to problems in rural communities, connected with 5 districts and 48 villages of Rajasthan employing 250 artisans out of which around 235 are women. Hatheli crafts in Tilonia is women centric.
The craft section of Barefoot College later became Hatheli Sansthan, an independent registered non-profit society in 1992.
These ‘Barefoot solutions’ can be broadly categorised into solar energy, water, education, health care, rural handicrafts, people’s action, communication, women’s empowerment and wasteland development.
Barefoot College. Tilonia. Hatheli Sansthan

ANAPRINTA STUDIO
Anaprinta Studio is run by Master artisans Anup Chhipa (left) with his growing new family and elders Damodar and Sushila Chhipa, one the families and custodians of heritage Bagru printing for generations in the small town of Bagru , Jaipur, where artisans has remained loyal to its creativity, history & culture.

KISHOR EXPORTS
Kishor Exports is a SA-8000 & GOTS certified garments & home-wear manufacturing Company in Agra. India, powered by solar clean energy, socially supporting TEARS initiative :Train, Educate And Rehabilitate through Upmade textile recycling program. Kishore Exports has been awarded for “Best Corporate Social Responsibilities Practices” World CSR Congress held at Mumbai, India on 18th & 19th Feb, 2017

FUNDACIO ROURE
The Emili Papirer Sewing Workshop and School is a nonprofit initiative of Fundacio Roure, located in the heart of Barcelona. In addition to making alterations to clothes for
the residents of the neighborhood, productions for textile companies and courses for individuals, the Foundation has an important social task, as it allocates its income mainly to training people without resources derived from social entities to facilitate their socio-labor integration. Image by Circoolar

SHANKAR HAND BLOCK PRINTERS
The Studio is run by the Toringa Chhipa artisan family in the town of Bagru. Neeta the matriarch, Hitesh and Kailash, with local artisans such as Manju, Sita, Mina and Taju Din. Their beautiful work can be seen in the form of collaborations with global brands, as well as their private collections of hand block printed Sarees and clothes.

WABISABI STUDIO
Since 2017, the Wabisabi Project has been working with natural age-old dye recipes under the guidance of master craftsman in Bagru. Rajasthan. The studio is run by Kritti and Avinash, their private textile collection is based on the core spirit of JamJam, adapting the classic motifs and patterns to contemporary textiles and following various steps of indigenous way of fabric pre-treatment. The team is comprise of, Shivraj Ji, Kamlesh Ji and Ashok (photo)

CHAUBUNDI STUDIO & BINDAAS UNLIMITED
Meeta Mastani, artist and co-founder of Bindaas Unlimited, has been collaborating with Chaubundy Studio in Kaladera Village, Jaipur for the past 27 years. The Chaubundi family are the fifth generation of printers and have been duly certified by AIACA (All India Artisans and Craftworkers Association) Their artistry can be seeing in the form of collborations and their own private ollections