Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology

This was a 12-day workshop on the primitive art of lost wax Brass Casting. It was integrated with an on-going craft project that was being undertaken by a craft based NGO named Anwasha and was conducted by product designer NagaNandini.
Five product design students accompanied by one faculty member spent 12 days within a craft community understanding the process, the people and the system that has evolved around the craft. They worked along with the craftspersons and produced pieces on their own to articulate their understanding of contemporary product needs. They decided that their most valuable contribution to the communities would be a book that illustrates ways of thinking, ideating and innovating for newer products for their craft. And the latter part of their course "Design For Craft" was spent on refining and contexualising this book.