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Kara Weaves : Handloom Revival + Design: January 2013
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Friday, January 11, 2013. 2013 reasons to get excited! Its three months since my last post here and what a busy time it's been! Firstly a very Happy New Year to all of you :). Here at Kara we've been frantically working on some great new wholesale orders as well as gearing up for our debut at the New York Gift Fair. In the juried Global Handmade section! So if you're there, stop by booth #532 to meet us! Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 2013 reasons to get excited! Grad Students Kara Weaves.
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Kara Weaves : Handloom Revival + Design: December 2013
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Sunday, December 1, 2013. After the long absence. Wooden pre-looming instruments at the Weaving Co-operative. We've been absent here on the blog for a bit, cannot believe the year is ending already! Here's a peek at what we've been working on:. 8226; The wonderful Jessica Custer. From the MBAs Without Borders. 8226; We've been working with the talented photographer, photojournalist and Fulbright scholar Seema Krishnakumar. On a small video for Kara. Its still in progress, and more on that soon! More regu...
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Kara Weaves : Handloom Revival + Design: After the long absence..
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Sunday, December 1, 2013. After the long absence. Wooden pre-looming instruments at the Weaving Co-operative. We've been absent here on the blog for a bit, cannot believe the year is ending already! Here's a peek at what we've been working on:. 8226; The wonderful Jessica Custer. From the MBAs Without Borders. 8226; We've been working with the talented photographer, photojournalist and Fulbright scholar Seema Krishnakumar. On a small video for Kara. Its still in progress, and more on that soon! More regu...
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Kara Weaves : Handloom Revival + Design: February 2013
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Saturday, February 2, 2013. NY and the GF debut. Here are some updates from our first ever trade fair in NYC this past weekend:. This was our entire luggage for our booth set up, products and our clothes for the week! The time is 6 am, I'm a bundle of nerves, Prashant is probably looking th rough our latest planning updates. Our booth, as we found it 2 days before the event. So much work, so much potential (and so much stress! This was the messiest it looked, before it all got better! So grateful that ou...
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Kara Weaves : Handloom Revival + Design: Meet us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook!
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Monday, November 17, 2014. Meet us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook! Hello dear readers,. As you've noticed we've not been very regular at updating this blog. That's because we have been so busy with making new textiles and posting updates to our social media accounts. You can meet us there to see photos, videos and fun links we like, from all around the interwebs. Here are the places where we're now focused on:. See you all soon! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Grad Students Kara Weaves. Pretty ex...
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Kara Weaves : Handloom Revival + Design: Kinfolk Flower Potluck
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Friday, April 26, 2013. In partnership with Eva's Garden. And Beacon Hill Bistro. Hosted an afternoon of garden tours, flower gathering and a beautiful meal at Eva's Garden near Dartmouth MA. I had a chance to meet some wonderful people, learn a bit about how things grow (I have the world's worst gardening skills) and just be out in the sun a bit! After the week that was in Boston. I think I just stood and stared at the ground at them when I found this! My mother's well-loved Jawaja bag. Who was a deligh...
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Kara Weaves : Handloom Revival + Design: (Marketing, Activism, Art) v/s the Audience
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Friday, May 24, 2013. Marketing, Activism, Art) v/s the Audience. Yesterday I had the fun opportunity to sit in at a talk by Steve Lambert. At the MIT Center for Civic Media, via Denise Cheng. I knew a bit about his work. And was looking forward to this discussion on creativity, activism and the public. One of Steve Lambert's most famous pieces was this "edition" of the NY Times. We care a lot about reviving and supporting the talented work of the thorthu weavers. On the other hand, if I came to you with...
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Kara Weaves : Handloom Revival + Design: March 2013
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Friday, March 8, 2013. Detail of a new drawing "One Billion Waiting and Watching" by Chitra. Today is known the world over as the International Women's Day. Historically its the day when garment workers in New York city in 1857. Took to the streets to demand better working conditions and pay. In some parts of the world an equal rights issue is a thing of the past, in others its very much a current issue, if not a distant dream. Our letter of acceptance to be a member of FTF India. Signing off with some i...
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Kara Weaves : Handloom Revival + Design: Getting personal today
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Sunday, June 16, 2013. I think Father's Day is the best time to tell you a whole lot about Pulickal Achyutha Menon, my grandfather, and one of our inspirations! This was the beginning of his engineering career. He went on to work for MECON. And in 1954 he was one of the 13 engineers sent to Germany to prepare India's first public sector steel plant. In Rourkela. He loved saying that the Indian steel industry was born in his hands and was genuinely so proud of that! He was involved with the rural communit...
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Kara Weaves : Handloom Revival + Design: Updates at the store
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Updates at the store. We've been working hard to make sure the prices are fair both to our shoppers and to our producers. Due to changes in cost of production and labor at our co-op partners, some product prices are set to revise on July 1st 2013. Watch our online store. For more; meanwhile our current price will be valid till midnight June 30th (EST). Happy shopping and thanks again for all your support! August 7, 2013 at 8:57 AM. August 8, 2013 at 1:04 AM. Updates at the store.
