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There are enough reasons to celebrate in December. And this year, we bring in one more – a December Edition of our makers market. Our December market comes to you when there’s that ‘Madras Magic’ in the air. Continue reading There are enough reasons to celebrate in December.
Your favourite makers market in Chennai will pop up again in February 2020! This time the curation will also feature a Cyanotype Workshop. For workshop schedule & bookings – visit: https://cyanotypeby56thday.home.blog/ By Hand from the Heart Makers Market is back … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Makers Market & Cyanotype Workshops at Poes Garden, Chennai
Today on the blog, Karpagam Anand of JVAALA by KARPAGAM ANAND, Bangalore shares her label story and her entrepreneurial travel as a jewellery designer. Tell us a bit about yourself. I am a doctor by education, but a Jeweler by passion. … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Karpagam Anand of JVAALA by KARPAGAM ANAND, Bangalore
Tanuja is a textile artist. She works from her quaint studio in Bhubaneswar. Her canvas is a tote, tea towel or even a stole. Let’s find out more about the artist, read on. Tell us a bit about yourself An avid … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Tanuja Sethi, Shop with ‘Tanuja’, Bhubaneswar
Glass artist & jewellery designer, Ikroop Dhillon will showcase her label Ikroop – Glass.Art.Jewelry at the makers market. From glass art to glass jewellery, Ikroop’s designs brings together Italian Glass Art and Indian karigari. Let’s know more about her story… Tell us a … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Ikroop Dhillon of Ikroop Glass Art Jewelry, Delhi
Today day on the blog we feature, Lalaine Vellakat, designer & maker of Le Rustique, Mumbai. She shares with us in brief about her venture and her jewelry line. Read on… Tell us a bit about yourself. A stay-at-home mum … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Lalaine Vellakat of Le Rustique, Mumbai
Today on the blog, we feature embroidery artist Lakshmi Devi of Knotty Love, Chennai. She shares in brief about her venture and her debut showcase at our event. Tell us a bit about yourself. I am an engineer working in a … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Lakshmi Devi of Knotty Love, Chennai
Rashmika Ilango of MiyaMika Terracotta, Coimbatore brings to the makers market handcrafted terracotta jewellery and home decor. Today on the blog, she talks about her design venture. Tell us a bit about yourself I’m a Civil Engineer who specialized in … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Rashmika Ilango of MiyaMika Terracotta, Coimbatore
Today on our Meet The Makers Series; we feature Arshia Bhargava and Avishek Mandal of Designers and Founders of RIAS Clothing, Jaipur; The team shares with us in brief about their label and showcase at the By Hand From The Heart … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Arshia Bhargava and Avishek Mandal of RIAS Clothing, Jaipur
Today on the blog, we chat up with Vibitha Edward, Design Principal and Founder of Vie – an accessory design house based in Chennai. Read on … Tell us a bit about yourself Hi, I’m Vibitha Ida Edward, in short … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Vibitha Edward of Vie, Chennai
Meet Sriparna Ray at By Hand From The Heart Makers Market August Edit in Chennai. Today on the blog the founder and designer of Bhomra Design Co., Kolkota shares with us in details about her label and the showcase. Read … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Sriparna Ray of Bhomra Design Co., Kolkota
Today on the blog we feature, food miniaturist, Shilpa Mitha of Sueño Souvenir, Chennai. Shilpa talks about her creative business and her showcase at our upcoming makers market event here in Chennai. Read on … Tell us a bit about … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Shilpa Mitha of Sueño Souvenir, Chennai
Founders / Curators Notes: Since 2011; we have been busy curating what we love doing the most; presenting the makers community in a clean and crisp marketplace format for the people of Madras / Chennai. Across 22 editions, By Hand … Continue reading The Story Of Our Logo
Free range eggs at the makers market. Lets find out more about the Happy Hens here on the blog … Tell us a bit about yourself. Manjunath M– Business Graduate & textile designer with family in agriculture. Spent early days … Continue reading Chennai Event: Meet The Farm Entrepreneurs: Manjunath Marappan – Ashok Kannan, HAPPY HENS, Bangalore
Today we feature, Sandeep Kumar Gangaram, designer of KANDY, a terracotta water bottle. Lets find out more about the maker and his venture. Tell us a bit about yourself. I am Sandeep Kumar Gangaram (known as Sandy amongst friends), doing Masters … Continue reading Chennai Event: Meet The Maker: Sandeep Kumar Gangaram, Kandy, Chennai
Meet Deepa Jhadav, the founder of Sew 4 Soul. From handcrafted bags and clutches to travel wallets, Deepa makes it all at her home studio in Pune.
As Deepa mentions, “Sew4soul is an attempt to bring soul into a small piece of fabric”. Continue reading Chennai Event: Meet The Maker: Deepa Jadhav, Sew4Soul, Pune
Mani Shanker Singh is the Design Principal and Founder of Son Of A Noble SNOB, Bangalore. Snippets from our archive – Let’s get to know about his design venture . Mani Shanker Singh will be at By Hand From The Heart … Continue reading Chennai Event:Meet The Maker: Mani Shanker Singh, Son Of A Noble SNOB, Bangalore
Illustrator and graphic designer, Amrita Nambiar is the owner & creative head of Olie; a home furnishings design studio currently based in Bangalore. Continue reading Chennai Event: Meet The Maker: Amrita Nambiar, Olie, Bangalore
An MBA grad with a background in Corporate Communications & Marketing, Archana Avinash chose her passion over her high paying daily job in 2011. Having been raised in the Middle East & being there for quite a period of her … Continue reading Coimbatore Event: Meet The Maker: Archana Avinash, Strings & Beads, Dubai
Dr.Lalitha Regi and a few member artisans share with us the story of Porgai Artisans Association, based in Tamil Nadu. Porgai is a society of 60 lambadi women artisans . The Lambadis were a nomadic tribe originally from north western india,.somewhere in the present Gujarat /Rajastan border.They migrated down with the Mughal army and settled in Maharashtra , Karnataka, Andra Pradesh and Tamilnadu. ‘Sittilingi’ valley is the 2 nd southernmost settlement of Lambadi community in India. Continue reading Coimbatore Event: Meet The Maker: Lalitha Regi & Members of Porgai Artisans Association, Sittilingi
Today on the blog we feature, Pabitha Prakash & Bhanumathy Balaji; lets find out more about these two friends who founded an art based craft venture – KRITI. The team shares with us in detail; about their venture, inspirations, and about … Continue reading Coimbatore Event: Meet the Maker: Pabitha Prakash & Bhanumathy Balaji, KRITI, Salem
Meet Priyanjoli Basu at By Hand From The Heart Makers Market this September. Today on the blog the designer shares with us a brief write up about her label and a bit about herself. Read on… Priyanjoli Basu, Founder & … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Priyanjoli Basu, Designer & Founder, PRIYANJOLI, Chennai
Today on the blog, we feature, Rama Srinivasan a craft and textitle enthusiast , dancer and design entrepreneur. Ram shares with us her new line up, inspirations and more about her label Dakshin Studio, based out of Bangalore. Read on… Tell … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Rama Srinivasan, Designer, Dakshin Studio, Bangalore
Santhosh and Vishnu Of Ultimate Cococs are farmers first. Their father Madhu Ramakrishnan of Santhosh Farms is a veteran in organic and natural farming. From farming to coir products, the brothers have developed a wide array of gardening solutions with coconut coir. Continue reading Meet The Farmtrepreneurs: Santhosh – Vishnuram, Founders, Ultimate Cococs, Pollachi
Accessory designer turned footwear designer Arsheen Moosa of Pretty Random is a NIFT graduate. Let’s find out more about her design venture, work inspirations and line up for the By Hand From The Heart Makers Market. Read on… Tell us … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Arsheen Moosa, Footwear Designer & Founder, Pretty Random, Chennai
Shreenithi is a software engineer and a craft entrepreneur; who diligently works on her crochet orders over the weekends. She custom designs crochet miniatures and Amigurumi under her label Crochet Love. Let’s find out more about her design passion, inspirations, … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Shreenithi, Crochet Artist, Crochet Love, Chennai
Divya Prasanna Kamath showcased for the first time in Chennai with us in 2016; we are more than excited to see her back at this edition with a wider range of new products Let’s find out more about her works, … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Divya Prasanna Kamath, Design Entrepreneur, handworkstudio, Bangalore
Today on the blog we feature Ananya Vyas of Girl Thinks. Ananya has been making paper jewelry for over 3 year from her studio in Gurgaon. A Fine Arts graduate, with a post-graduation specialisation in Advertising, Ananya designs vibrant earrings … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Ananya Vyas, Founder and Designer, Girl Thinks, Gurgaon
Today on the blog we feature, Shilpy Gupta a potter and Founder of Ceramic Trail, Bangalore. Shilpy talks about her new line up, inspirations and more… lets’s find out! About yourself. Shilpy Gupta, a potter and artist, blends the magic … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Shilpy Gupta, Potter & Founder, Ceramic Trail, Bangalore
Tanuja is a textile artist. She works from her quaint studio in Bhubaneswar. Her canvas is a tote, tea towel or even a stole. Let’s find out more about the artist, read on. Tell us a bit about yourself An avid … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Tanuja, Artist and Founder, Shop with ‘Tanuja’, Bhubaneswar
Today on our Meet The Makers Series; we feature Mani Shanker Singh, Fashion Designer and Founder of Son Of A Noble SNOB, Bangalore. Let’s get to know about his design venture, work space, favourites picks at SNOB and his showcase … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Mani Shanker Singh, Fashion Designer and Founder, Son Of A Noble SNOB, Bangalore
Today on our Meet The Maker Series, we feature the story of home chef turned full time artisanal food entrepreneur, Fouziya Kutty. Based in Chennai, Fouziya’s now two year old venture – Fouziya’s Cooking, churns up small batches of sauces, spreads … Continue reading Meet The Food Artisan: Fouziya Kutty, Founder, Fouziya’s Cooking, Chennai
Today on our Meet The Makers Series; we feature jewellery designer, Razia Kunj of Razia Kunj Art & Facts, Mumbai. Razia talks about her jewellery line, how it all started, her workspace, inspirations and more. Can you tell us a little … Continue reading Meet The Maker: Razia Kunj, Jewellery Designer, Razia Kunj Art & Facts, Mumbai
ALL TALKS ARE FREE . LIMITED SEATS. Location: By Hand From The Heart Makers Market – 20th Edition Crowne Plaza Adyar Park Chennai. 132, T.T.K Road, Alwarpet, Chennai – 600018. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Title: Chocolate & Cheese: Unusual Pairings & Unique Flavour … Continue reading Schedule: Food Talks & Makers Talk
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