The artists of DWARAKA would never compromise on what they believe to be the authentic, time-driven, labor-oriented processes involved in hand-painted Kalamkari using “Kalams” as their forefathers did too. Regardless of the push from the market, strategic planning and distribution of responsibilities lend support to these processes. In DWARAKAs experience the artists share their skills, and art with the buyers, who adapts concepts from the shown possibilities, and then modify it into new ideas or concepts where required.
The industry is reaching a reckoning around the global challenge of waste that results from the current take-make-waste model. But biologically, the answer to this problem is already there. Every material that has ever existed in a functioning ecosystem was broken down and reassembled into something else. Decomposition is not an endpoint. It is the mechanism through which matter becomes available for the next cycle.