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About:
This project seeks to elevate Odisha's coir craft beyond decorative toys to functional home decor items. Focusing on exploring coir material and creating lighting products, pushing the boundaries of traditional craftsmanship into functional and aesthetic lighting designs.
Coir Craft
Coir craft thrives as a centuries-old tradition. Artisans skillfully transform coconut fibers into vibrant and durable creations, ranging from decorative toys to functional household items. This craft not only sustains local livelihoods but also preserves a unique legacy of craftsmanship. This craft is majorly practiced Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Andra Pradesh, and Karnataka.
Opportunities:
Functional and Decorative
Material Exploration
Metamorphosis
Material Exploration
These explorations tap into diverse techniques to sculpt form by understanding material capacity, simplifying methods and using limited resources to ensure easy comprehension for the artisans involved.
Limitations
Conventional product bandwidth
Technology and material constrains
limited skill capacity
Cultural presevation
Braiding
coiling
Dyeing
Fusing
Molding
Molding Process
Metal cast (depending on the required form)
greasing the cast before setting the fiber
Adhesive solution made by combining water and transparent glue in a 1:2 ratio.
Ideation and conceptualization
Moodboard
Form Inspiration
Ideation
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Selected Concepts
These concepts were chosen to introduce artisans to simple designs, serving as a starting point for them to explore and eventually create more progressive designs.
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Mockups
Final Collection
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Eco Friendly. Sustainable.Handicraft.
More Lighting concepts made with coir
