Recycled Plastic Weaving Update
14 May, 2011
We are pleased to share an exciting update in regards to our plastic waste weaving project, which has created many products including: shopping bags, file folders, table mats, checkbooks, and much more out of 100% recycled plastic waste. It is a process which brings together marginalized groups who otherwise lack employment opportunities. Most recently, we started training women from the nearby village of Avadnagar to learn how to weave plastic. The ten day training at the CRC has resulted in newly skilled artisans, and it is an ongoing process. This project is part of a larger goal to start a plastic waste collection program in Avadnagar and surrounding villages. Please see the available plastic weaving products along with pictures from our training below. For inquiries & orders please email us on khamir.trade@gmail.com with product code:
Training - 1st Day
Women Learning how to setup a loom
Preparing Bobbins
Women Learning how to prepare bobbins before weaving
Weaving
Women learning how to weave recycled plastic on a pit loom
Weaving
Newly skilled feet at work
Shopping Bag
Product Name: Shopping Bag
Code: PWShoppingBag-1
Size:16inch x 16inch
Craft: Recycled Plastic Weaving
File Folder
Product Name: File Folder
Code: PWFileFolder
Size:10inch x 13inch
Craft: Recycled Plastic Weaving
Embroidery Pouch
Product Name: Embroidery Pouch
Code: PWEmbPch
Size:4.5inch x 6inch
Craft: Recycled Plastic Weaving
Shopping Bag-2
Product Name: Shopping Bag-2
Code: PWShoppingBag-2
Size:17inch x 20inch
Craft: Recycled Plastic Weaving
Cheque Book Holder
Product Name: Cheque Book Holder
Code: PWCHB-1
Size:5inch x 10inch
Craft: Recycled Plastic Weaving
Fumka Bag
Product Name: Fumka Bag
Code: PWFumkaBag
Size:17inch x 17inch
Craft: Recycled Plastic Weaving
Flap Bag
Product Name: Flap Bag
Code: PWFlapBag
Size:17inch x 14inch
Craft: Recycled Plastic Weaving
Table Mat
Product Name: Table Mat
Code: PWTableMat
Size:13.5inch x 19inch
Craft: Recycled Plastic Weaving
Shopping Bag-3
Product Name: Shopping Bag-3
Code: PWShoppingBag-3
Size:16inch x 16inch
Craft: Recycled Plastic Weaving
Craft Demonstration/Workshops
21 January, 2011
Craft Workshops:
Every year KHAMIR Craft Resource Centre organizes Craft Demonstration/Workshops for various interested groups & schools. Nationally renowned schools like Valley School from Bangalore & Shishuvan School from Mumbai sends their young primary & high school students to Kachchh for rural & other exposures every year. KHAMIR facilitates the Craft Workshops for these students where these students gets exposure to craft communities & history of their craft and the craft process with practical hands on exercise.
Same as schools We also receive requests of facilitation to Craft Workshops with artisans from various national & foreign visitors to Kachchh. In January 2011 a group from Canada, Mr. Russ Mason & his group were facilitated for workshop on “Felting with Wool (Namda Craft)” & “Leather Craft” at KHAMIR campus.
Such workshops not only support artisans economically but also gives Artisans an opportunity to spread the traditional knowledge of centuries to the nation & the world.
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