A Fair Trade, Non-Profit Enterprise
Chindi Necklace
November 17, 2018
India has a long tradition of recycling used fabrics. Old saris and lungis are sewn together into quilts or cut and combined to...
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The Mohina Tunic
November 03, 2018 Traditional batik hand block printing is done with a wooden block with a hand carved pattern on one side. The block is first...
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The Sikkim Jacket
November 02, 2018
Hand embroidery on MarketPlace garments is an important factor in enabling women to work and earn a living. Because they are...
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Hand Embroidering the Patna Dress
November 02, 2018
Our mission is to work with women who are not able to find work elsewhere Hence, we have developed a number of strategies to get...
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Placement Printing
August 30, 2018
"Placement printing" is an exacting technique for positioning designs on fabric. Unlike an all-over print, placement printing is...
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A Day in the Life of Pushpa Jaiswal
June 16, 2018
An Embroidery Artisan from Sahara.
Pushpa, age 52, was married when she was 15. She now lives in Mumbai with her husband, Om...
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Cheerful Chindi Bracelets
June 08, 2018
Cutting out our garments from lengths of cloth produces a lot of leftover bits and pieces. It is important to us to keep this...
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A Day in the Life of Darshana Hemade
June 01, 2018
Embroidery artisan at Ranphul Mahila Mandal
Darshana lives in Dahisar with her husband Denesh, a rickshaw driver, their...
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Hand Painting and Block Printing
May 04, 2018 India has a very long tradition of printing with hand-carved wooden blocks. While we love this technique and use it often, we also have...
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Voices of the Next Generation
April 12, 2018
The Armaan Club for children was developed in collaboration with the artisans who want their sons and daughters to succeed in...
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Below the Surface: A Community in the Slums
January 20, 2018
From above, you'd never guess what a community looks like in the slums. This well-established area is bursting with rows of...
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Living Our Values
November 06, 2017
For over 30 years MarketPlace has been enabling women artisans to improve their lives not just in terms of economics, but also...
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