Kalubhai Dulera, is a 50 year old skilled Ikat Silk handloom shawls weaver from a village in Surendranagar, Gujarat. He lives with his wife, a homemaker & a son of 23 who is studying. He has been in the business for 25 years, personally designing & weaving each shawl in his own home. The entire process of weaving Silk/Marino Wool Ikat shawls is very time-consuming & requires both high attention to detail and artistic flair. The cycle of tying each yarn bundle separately, dyeing each, then loading on the loom for a pattern to emerge, has to be repeated several times with great precision. But the end product is a luxuriant fabric of bright colours. As an entrepreneur, he faces major challenge in maintaining a steady flow of business given the cost of raw material & lengthy production process. These weavers are getting discouraged owing to several intertwined reasons such as not being taught new technique & design, turning towards agriculture as an alternate source of business, not all get a bonus from the Khadi Board & hence choose to find other means. This results in less production, less talent available around to continue the art and hence ultimately scarcity of demand because it's not penetrating enough in the market. Therefore Kalubhai has requested for a loan of Rs. 50,000 to be able to buy sufficient raw material & procure some dyes, thus enabling him to carry on a continuous flow of work & generating constant inflow of money. He is also supported with some agricultural income in order to successfully pay off the loan amount with good return rates at Rangde. Let's encourage these weavers with our generous contribution in keeping the small-scale handloom artisans flourishing.
Kalubhai Dulera, is a 50 year old skilled Ikat Silk handloom shawls weaver from a village in Surendranagar, Gujarat. He lives with his wife, a homemaker & a son of 23 who is studying. He has been in the business for 25 years, personally designing & weaving each shawl in his own home. The entire process of weaving Silk/Marino Wool Ikat shawls is very time-consuming & requires both high attention to detail and artistic flair. The cycle of tying each yarn bundle separately, dyeing each, then loading on the loom for a pattern to emerge, has to be repeated several times with great precision. But the end product is a luxuriant fabric of bright colours. As an entrepreneur, he faces major challenge in maintaining a steady flow of business given the cost of raw material & lengthy production process. These weavers are getting discouraged owing to several intertwined reasons such as not being taught new technique & design, turning towards agriculture as an alternate source of business, not all get a bonus from the Khadi Board & hence choose to find other means. This results in less production, less talent available around to continue the art and hence ultimately scarcity of demand because it's not penetrating enough in the market. Therefore Kalubhai has requested for a loan of Rs. 50,000 to be able to buy sufficient raw material & procure some dyes, thus enabling him to carry on a continuous flow of work & generating constant inflow of money. He is also supported with some agricultural income in order to successfully pay off the loan amount with good return rates at Rangde. Let's encourage these weavers with our generous contribution in keeping the small-scale handloom artisans flourishing.
Written by - Anushree Tayade
Kalubhai Dulera, is a 50 year old skilled Ikat Silk handloom shawls weaver from a village in Surendranagar, Gujarat. He lives with his wife, a homemaker & a son of 23 who is studying. He has been in the business for 25 years, personally designing & weaving each shawl in his own home. The entire process of weaving Silk/Marino Wool Ikat shawls is very time-consuming & requires both high attention to detail and artistic flair. The cycle of tying each yarn bundle separately, dyeing each, then loading on the loom for a pattern to emerge, has to be repeated several times with great precision. But the end product is a luxuriant fabric of bright colours. As an entrepreneur, he faces major challenge in maintaining a steady flow of business given the cost of raw material & lengthy production process. These weavers are getting discouraged owing to several intertwined reasons such as not being taught new technique & design, turning towards agriculture as an alternate source of business, not all get a bonus from the Khadi Board & hence choose to find other means. This results in less production, less talent available around to continue the art and hence ultimately scarcity of demand because it's not penetrating enough in the market. Therefore Kalubhai has requested for a loan of Rs. 50,000 to be able to buy sufficient raw material & procure some dyes, thus enabling him to carry on a continuous flow of work & generating constant inflow of money. He is also supported with some agricultural income in order to successfully pay off the loan amount with good return rates at Rangde. Let's encourage these weavers with our generous contribution in keeping the small-scale handloom artisans flourishing.
