The document discusses traditional Indian handicrafts and their importance. It asks the reader to identify handicraft items in their home, how crafts like doll-making connect people to nature, which craft they would like to learn, and the names of three 20th century Indian painters. It also addresses the threat that machines pose to traditional crafts and asks for ideas to preserve them, and to describe crafts using specific materials like marble, brass, vegetable dyes, wool, and wood. Finally, it prompts the reader to make a handicraft object to bring to class.
The document discusses traditional Indian handicrafts and their importance. It asks the reader to identify handicraft items in their home, how crafts like doll-making connect people to nature, which craft they would like to learn, and the names of three 20th century Indian painters. It also addresses the threat that machines pose to traditional crafts and asks for ideas to preserve them, and to describe crafts using specific materials like marble, brass, vegetable dyes, wool, and wood. Finally, it prompts the reader to make a handicraft object to bring to class.
The document discusses traditional Indian handicrafts and their importance. It asks the reader to identify handicraft items in their home, how crafts like doll-making connect people to nature, which craft they would like to learn, and the names of three 20th century Indian painters. It also addresses the threat that machines pose to traditional crafts and asks for ideas to preserve them, and to describe crafts using specific materials like marble, brass, vegetable dyes, wool, and wood. Finally, it prompts the reader to make a handicraft object to bring to class.
A. Mention three handicraft items in your house and describe how they add value to your life.
B. Don't you think that crafts such as doll-making or basket-
weaving bring us closer to Nature? How?
C. If you had an opportunity to learn one craft, which would you
choose? Why?
D. Find out the names of three Indian painters who lived and worked during the twentieth century. Try to find out as much as you can about their lives and their art.
E. With more and more things being made by machines, it is
feared that many of our traditional handicrafts may be lost. Give your ideas for saving these crafts.
F. Pick one handicraft each that uses the following materials: