Speaking to Krishnaveni aunty we realized that her interests and talents include painting and embroidery. Often she would paint on her saris and on paper as a hobby. We tried to think how she could turn this into a business. It was easy to think that we could facilitate her current activities by promoting her work, creating a wider demand and a wider range of products/services. Breaking out of it and looking into what else could be achieved is what we had to work on.
When we started off, a lot of questions popped up in mind. Things like:
Have I understood Krishnaveni aunty's capabilties well enough?
Has she understood our proposal and what we need from her?
Is our proposal innovative enough?
Do such things already exist?
How am I contributing to it as a "designer"?
Only after getting feedback from Sudo and Ramesh did our project gain a direction.
We tested out the kind of things Krishnaveni aunty could do.
On a piece of cloth in different patches, aunty showed us different kinds of embroidery like:
Sequence work
Boolean knot
Fabric cutting
Applique work
Zardosi kind of embroidery
Mirror work
Fabric Painting
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