Featured DesiArtist: Gunjan Aylawadi


We love handmade and we admire anything that is made using organic materials.

While browsing the internet we came across this talented paper artist Gunjan Aylawadi. Gunjan is a paper artist based in Sydney, Australia.

Paper artist Aylawadi with her lovely wall art made of paper

Paper artist Aylawadi with her lovely wall art made of paper

By employing a unique method of paper cutting and curling, she adds layers of texture and sculptural form to her hand drawn art and this is how these beautiful creations are made.

Work in Progress - Gunjan Aylawadi

Work in Progress – Gunjan Aylawadi

Gunjan is a certified paper artist . According to Gunjan “I developed this method of using paper after spending a long time exploring paper sculptures. This process stuck because of the rich detail it adds to my ideas and forms.”

Her awesome paper artwork is available for sale at Saatchi

Here are few more pictures from Gunjan’s facebook pageA close-up - Gunjan Aylawadi's paper artwork

A close-up – Gunjan Aylawadi’s paper artwork
A wall art made using paper by Gunjan Aylawadi

A wall art made using paper by Gunjan AylawadiMore from the workshop-Gunjan Aylawadi

More from the workshop-Gunjan Aylawadi

To view and appreciate more of Gunjan’s work, please visit http://gunjanaylawadi.com/

New in DesiCrafts Shop – Silk Pillow Covers


Silk Pillow Cover

Handmade pillow covers available for order in any size and design. Please e-mail us at info@desicraftshop.com

Silk Pillow Cover

Handmade pillow covers available for order in any size and design. Please e-mail us at info@desicraftshop.com

Handmade pillow covers available for order in any size and design. Please e-mail us at info@desicraftshop.com

Handmade pillow covers available for order in any size and design. Please e-mail us at info@desicraftshop.com

Handmade pillow covers available for order in any size and design. Please e-mail us at info@desicraftshop.com

Handmade pillow covers available for order in any size and design. Please e-mail us at info@desicraftshop.com

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Staircase Decoration at a Fabric Manufacturing Unit


We noticed this beautiful wall decoration at a fabric manufacturing unit. The company has square fabric pieces framed nicely arranged on the wall of staircases. All these frames display fabrics from different parts of India and include Banaras Pure Silk, Chanderi from Madhya Pradesh, Jacquard from Delhi and Cotton Block Prints from Jaipur.

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Spring green pillow cover – Made of Organic Cotton Fabric


Can’t wait to share this lovely pillow cover. This is made using Ghada fabric ( a type of unbleached, organic cotton fabric in thick texture) This fabric is widely used in making Kalamkari prints and we decided to make some block print pillows using this for a simple reason – the fabric looks awesome and it is organic. If you remember an old post about Fabric Block Printing on DesiCrafts blog, you will find this motif very familiar 🙂

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Hand block printed table covers – part of our summer collection


Vegetable dye – violet color preparation for block printing

Border of the table cover is being prepared

Border of the table cover is being prepared

Border of the table cover is being prepared

An unfinished hand block printed table cover in violet floral and geometrical print

An unfinished hand block printed table cover in violet floral and geometrical print

A hand block printed table cover in lavender and white

A hand block printed table cover in lavender and white

This is how we printed the border of the table cover

This is how we printed the border of the table cover

We used two different wooden stamps to print this cotton fabric

We used two different wooden stamps to print this cotton fabric

After the printing was done, all the fabric pieces were left for drying overnight.

Treating of the fabric after overnight drying

These are hand printed fabrics on cloth stand, left for drying

These are hand printed fabrics on cloth stand, left for drying.

#handblockprinted #tableclothes for #desicrafts #summercollection on #Etsy

These pictures are showing the whole process of making the gorgeous table covers for our home furnishing range.  After drying, hamming will be done to give the border a final finish and these pieces will be ironed and packed properly. These table covers will be available for order soon via our website. http://www.desicraftshop.com

Handmade Chanderi Silk Pillow Covers : Available on shelves for order


These pillow covers are made of Yellow and Green Chanderi Silk fabric. The pillow covers are made on custom order. Choose the fabric from our shop DesiFabrics on Etsy and message us to order the pillow cover at DesiPillows.

Indian silk pillow covers

Handmade chanderi silk pillow cover

That rich experience of Indian style Home furnishing

Definetly belongs to the homes of Maharajs

Yellow, green and Gold cushion cover

Rich in taste, handmade for home makers with that Indian taste

We were featured…


Friday, December 7th, 2012

Cami from Makeitsnazzy featured our Emerald Green Poly Silk Fabric on her blog. In her blog post  “And the 2013 Pantone Color of the Year Is..” Cami tells us about the hottest color trends of 2013. Notice the fabric in second column of the third row. This fabric is available for sale on Etsy shop DesiFabrics.

 

Emerald green poly cotton fabric

Our Poly Cotton Fabric was featured on Cami’s blog

We saw the magic of handmade: our visit to Dastkar, in New Delhi, India


Indian handicrafts, handmade decorative miniatures

Handmade miniatures in the Dastkaar exhibition

Handmade mini chair made of Jute and wood

Handmade modha or sitting arrangement, made of Jute, hemp and wood

Indian handicrafts, Desicrafts, Dastkar

We loved these handicrafts from Rajasthan. There were elephants, camels and horses made of Jaipur cotton fabrics and embellished with gold laces, wool and blings.

Indian pottery

Lovely ceramic pottery and little miniatures to decorate your garden and home. All decked up in Indian colors. We saw frogs, peacock, Buddha statue, flower pots in shape of swan, dog and what not…

Ivory and plaster of paris pottery in India, Indian handicraft

Indian pottery in white color, we found pottery made of white cement and also of ivory.

DesiCrafts – New shop announcement on Etsy


Hello there!!!

Cotton pillow covers - Hand embroidery pillow cover - Black, green and orange cotton and silk fabric

Cotton pillow covers – Hand embroidery pillow cover – Black, green and orange cotton and silk fabric

We have opened a new store on Etsy last month.  The store name is DesiPillows and it offers block printed  fabric pillows in assorted sized such as : Lumbar pillows, 12 x 12 inch pillows, 16 x 16 inch pillows, 18  x 18 inch pillows. Presently, all the pillows available in the stock are made of 100 % cotton fabric which is handmade in India. The fabrics are chosen from our online store DesiCrafts.

We are offering  custom made pillow covers on DesiPillows. To order custom made pillows, you can choose the fabric from Desicrafts online store or from our fabric supply store on Etsy.

Do visit the store!!! Here are few of staff picks.

Sea green and pink printed cushion cover made of Kota cotton fabric

Indian pillow covers hand made in India

Blue and white damask print cotton pillow cover


Indian Pillow cover – Damask print cotton fabric – handmade cushion covers – by DesiCrafts

 Indian cotton - blue and white - floral print - pillow cover - made of pure cotton fabric

This one is a 16×16 inch pillow cover as shown in the picture above. The pillow is made of handmade, 100% cotton fabric. Different custom sizes are available.
The back side of the pillow is envelope style matching white fabric in pure cotton matty.

 Indian silk - sea green and Silver - embroidered - chanderi silik - pillow covers

12×12 inch pillow as shown in the picture listed above. The pillow is made of Chanderi silk fabric from Benaras (AKA Varanasi) in India.
The back side of the pillow is envelope style matching sea green fabric.

 Indian cotton - kalamkari fabric - brown and yellow - paisley print - pillow cover - made of pure cotton fabric

12×12 inch pillow as shown in the picture above. The pillow is made of handmade, 100% cotton fabric.
The back side of the pillow is envelope style matching brown fabric in pure cotton.

 Indian batik - red and yellow - batik print - pillow cover - made of pure cotton fabric

16×16 inch pillow as shown in the picture listed above. The pillow is made of handmade, 100% cotton fabric.
The back side of the pillow is matching red fabric.