A national craft and demonstration fair — ‘Kriti -2013’ is being organised at ‘Mandapam’ Manav Sangrahalaya. The craft fair began on December 20 and would continue till December 29. The ‘Kriti -2013’ is attracting huge crowd and is lauded by art lovers.
The fair is all about tribal and rural handmade decorative items, clothing and other utilities which are livelihood of the artisans from various tribes and States. Khatri Ibrahim, who hails from Kutch, Gujarat, has brought saris and dress material famous ‘Ajrak’ hand block print and Maheshwari print on Gajji silk of Gujarat. Ibrahim proudly shows a unique fabric ‘Mashroom Material’ which is a thick cloth which resembles silk yet very warm to be worn in winters that also at just Rs 300 per metre.
Sonu Prajapati from Panipat has brought the biggest stock of terracotta work all the way from Haryana. He says, “We work half of the year making goods and remaining half in selling it. All our work is handmade without using any machine. On the very first day I sold my costliest coffee table (a glass on heads of Bulls) worth Rs 2500.” Talking about Bhopal he says, “Bhopalites loves terracotta work and always find my stall filled with enthusiastic art loving customers.”
Another stall owner Chander Kant Bondwal of Haryana is here with sandal wood and wooden carving work. The stall have wooden made games like Chess, checkers etc jewellery boxes, jewelleries - earrings, necklace, lockets etc. All the vendors have brought a range of colours, designs, sizes and qualities. Showcasing the beautiful and unique collection of outfits, jewellery and decorative pieces the exhibition is fascinating the visitors. The huge range of saris is available at the fest which include — Chanderi, Maheshwari, Kosa, Garad, Tant, Kantha, Bandhani, Patola, Mekhla and many more directly from the house of weavers.