Craft

Made In Pondicherry

Made In Pondicherry

An object can cross the world and still carry the place that made it, the material, the gestures, the slow rhythms held inside its form. Pondicherry has done this for...

Made In Pondicherry

An object can cross the world and still carry the place that made it, the material, the gestures, the slow rhythms held inside its form. Pondicherry has done this for...

Vegetable Tanned Leather

Vegetable Tanned Leather

The earliest trace of tanned hide on this subcontinent comes from Mehrgarh, where tanning was already a craft in practice by around 5500 BCE (Defence Journal, 2022). By the time...

Vegetable Tanned Leather

The earliest trace of tanned hide on this subcontinent comes from Mehrgarh, where tanning was already a craft in practice by around 5500 BCE (Defence Journal, 2022). By the time...

Our Artisans

Our Artisans

Leatherwork in Pondicherry runs in families, not resumes. Across pockets of the region, from Shanmukhapuram and Muthialpet to Villianur and the villages towards Auroville, workshops often share space with family...

Our Artisans

Leatherwork in Pondicherry runs in families, not resumes. Across pockets of the region, from Shanmukhapuram and Muthialpet to Villianur and the villages towards Auroville, workshops often share space with family...