Blogs
October 8, 2020
It is a moment of immense joy and significance for an institute of education to welcome the young and motivated minds, the harbingers of persistently renewing hopes. It is also an occasion of a thousand opportunities for us to project, guide and encourage responsible possibilities and a sustainable future. From August 24th to 28th this year, IICD hosted the orientation programme for its fresh entrants of 2020, to celebrate their auspicious integration into IICD and […]
September 10, 2020
“India is an Old country but a young nation…I am young and I too have a dream, I dream of India Strong, Independent, Self-Reliant and in the front rank of the nations of the world, in the service of mankind.” –Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi was born on the 20th of August 1944, to Smt. Indira Gandhi and Shri Feroze Gandhi, in Bombay. He spent his childhood with his grandfather, Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. After […]
September 4, 2020
Mr. Dhairya Shikhar completed his master’s degree in Crafts and Design, with specialization in Hard Material, in the year 2017. His inquisitive disposition and an eagerness to learn brought him lessons and insights from all around. Either it is his faculty or craft exposures, batch-mates, or seniors, he found something to learn from everyone, from every discipline. An environment of peer learning and the emphasis on exploration as an integral part of educational culture and […]
June 12, 2020
Letter from Underground Image credits: Express photo by Nirmal Harindran “New times demand new measures and new men”, I woke up often these past few months, not just from the delusional reverie of a deep sleep, but also from the perfectly alive surroundings of a cautiously breathing consciousness to these James Russell words, reverberating in my mind, resonating with my thoughts, summarizing so surprisingly the mood of entire humanity. The eerie emptiness of loved cities, […]
June 12, 2020
Arayish – Training for conservation of built heritage India’s rich cultural heritage and centuries of evolutionary traditions is manifested by the huge variety of Art, craft, Architecture and cultural objects it possesses. One of the best examples showcasing the cohesive coexistence of these forms can be witnessed in the Shekhawati havelis of Rajasthan. Home to the marwari merchant community, shekhawati was once upon a time a major trade center. These traders in a bid to […]
June 10, 2020
Parul Agarwal Not many years ago Parul’s love for creativity brought her to IICD, from where she graduated in 2018. Her course of Fired Material design inculcated in her a social sensitivity and skilled passion for this ancient branch of Indian crafts, that has beautifully crossed over into the modern. Hailing from Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh, she grew up surrounded by Black Pottery. On her trips back home from college she would spend her holidays interacting […]
April 29, 2020
Light Enhances Shadows Backlight enhances the silhouette of shadow play – a drama scripted and enacted with shadow puppets created by IICD students of the PG Foundation. October 2nd, 2019 on the occasion of 150th birth centenary of Mahatma Gandhi, a shadow puppet show – ‘Katre Katre me base Bapu’ was performed by IICD students at JKK, Jaipur. Vipin Viswanath who comes from a traditional puppeteer family from Kerala facilitated the technique of puppet-making. The […]
April 3, 2020
As you know, India is a diverse country by religion, languages, food, traditions, crafts, and others. It is believed that in India every 10 km, the taste of water and language changes. Similarly, the Indian pottery traditions are varied because of the geographical locations. Every place has a unique quality of locally available clay which is commonly known as ‘terracotta clay’. Hence, one can see different types of crafts in terms of size, color, scale, […]
April 3, 2020
Today more than any other time in the history of humankind, there is a dire need for societal change. The over-exploited Earth is reeling under pressure caused by the greed of humans. Unless humanity practices sustainability, it will be a challenging situation to handle in the future. However, nature tends to repair itself, in the form of natural calamities that may be disastrous for all. Fortunately, there has been a paradigm shift, and the zeitgeist […]