A Craft meet with a purpose

The next meet was quite interesting. It happened on a Sunday during the first week of February. Sudha’s (of the Madras Motiff fame) traditional home was a perfect setting to get all the crafter’s together. This time, the admins, Shilpa and Vineetha had a plan to keep the crafters busy with a challenge. 

The theme for the challenge was centered around the commencement of the Chinese Lunar New Year and every participant / attendee had to work on making something to fit the given idea. Quite some innovative results came out of the attendees hands and well, that is quite a testament to how versatile, quick thinking and innovative our ChennaiCrafters are. 

For a moment, you may be deluded into thinking that this meet was for the foodies, but then, know that this is the award for all the hard work put into the challenge. For all crafters eagerly looking forward to the forthcoming meetings, do know that it is put luck and everyone contributes to everyone’s palate.

It is in this meeting that the idea of having an exclusive exhibition for the ChennaiCrafters was sown. The thought was nascent, yet the ladies were determined to meet another time to draw plans to implement their idea. Interesting, right ? Wait till you hear what they came out with.

Photo courtesy : Kamla Ravikumar

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The crafters meet for a live demo

The first time the Chennai Crafters met, it was a short meet in Nungambakkam. So when it was decided to meet up for the second time, Shruti suggested that we have a purposeful meet with a live craft demonstration. We decided to do a demo of a Lampshade by Somu Padmanabhan. 

When we wanted a venue for this meet, Kamla Ravikumar was kind enough to offer space in her art studio. It was indeed nice to see people turn up even from the other side of the city. After a brief ice breaking session, we went on with the agenda of the evening.

It was a fruitful evening where the limelight was high jacked from the demo by a certain set of cup cakes.  It was a small gathering, and it really helped keeping the session interactive. There was loads of food and beverages (the sober ones), and lots of conversation before the group decided to disperse.

Everyone really was looking forward to the next meet, which was soon to come, and with a surprise idea from the group admins. Here are some snippets from the meet. 

All photos courtesy : Kamla Ravikumar

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