Collected 5 types of bottle gourd this year, from and around village Paradsinga we live in.. out of 5, four are edible! Preserving seeds to propogate it further... It's skin becomes tough once dried, it can be used making different kinds of vessels, decorations, packing materials, water bottles, bird nests, planters etc etc... Excited to explore it more... #bootlegourd #seeds #organicfarming #kitchengarden #health #food #soil #exploitationfree #healthyliving #local
Surat is a textile hub where every day 55 million meters of fabric is
produced daily, whereas Gram Art Project is based in a region which is
cotton growing hub where around 555 million grams of cotton is produced
daily. Though the production numbers seem to be humongous, it isn’t
translating into the prosperity to producers.
The real cost of this production is being paid by cotton farmers, spinners,
handloom weavers, textile mill workers, garment industry workers,
environment and our whole natural and social eco-systems. With this in
the background, consumers are being kept away from knowing these real
cost and are enticed into a buying frenzy through fast-fashion and
discount-sales.
This “Red Carpet” invitation to buyers of each kind is actually based on
the cotton to cloth process that has blood of growers, artisans and nature
on its hands. Through “Red Cotton White Carpet” we wish to initiate a
dialogue to understand the very nature and roots of the process that
satiates our clothing needs & raises questions whether it’s the carpet
that’s Red or the cotton, the base of it, that’s turned Red by sucking the
blood of those who produce it…
#cloth #cotton #fabric #clothing #cottontocloth #sustainablefashion #ethicalfashion #exploitation #farmer #labour #resist #art #performance #performanceart #installation #installationart
