Exim Bank recently supported a training programme titled ‘Product and Design Development in Handmade Fabrics’ for ten experienced artisans of Urmul Marusthali Bunkar Vikas Samiti (UMBVS) in Phalodi in Jodhpur district for 30 days. UMBVS is a registered, not-profit organisation established in 1989 for the welfare of weavers in Rajasthan’s Thar desert.
Weaving is done by a cluster of 50-60 weavers in six villages near Jodhpur: Phalodi, Ranisar, Bhojasar, Bhiyasar, Karwar and Krishnanagar.Exim Bank recently supported a training programme titled 'Product and Design Development in Handmade Fabrics' for ten experienced artisans of Urmul Marusthali Bunkar Vikas Samiti (UMBVS) in Phalodi in Jodhpur district for 30 days. UMBVS is a registered, not-profit organisation established in 1989 for the welfare of weavers in Rajasthan's Thar desert.#
The technique of UMBVS member weavers is unique and the skills required to handle the pit-looms and related equipment is generally mastered only by a few weavers, based on their experience, according to a press release from Exim Bank.
Challenges faced by them include lack of knowledge and awareness about innovative weaving techniques, churning out new designs in tune with market requirements, latest trends and designs, textures, patterns and colour combinations. The traditional designs need constant improvisation and innovation to sustain in the current market, which provides a wide range of choices to buyers.
This training programme is the second online training programme supported by Exim Bank and has been conceptualised with due regard to social distancing norms in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The programme mentor, Ritu Suri, who hails from Delhi, is a designer having an experience of 23 years in art and crafts, and has collaborated earlier with craftsmen artisans and weavers.
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