Threads of Community Blog
Blogs that weave together artisan stories, cultural heritage, sustainability, and customer connections, showing how each handmade piece ties people, tradition, and care into a shared global fabric.
Below the Surface: A Community in the Slums
From above, you'd never guess what a community looks like in the slums. This well-established area is bursting with r...
Living Our Values
For over 30 years MarketPlace has been enabling women artisans to improve their lives not just in terms of economics,...
Starting a New Cooperative
Organizing a women's cooperative in a new location in India is not as simple as placing a want ad and waiting for peo...
Armaan Club Graduation 2017
Karan the son of Kumkum who is a member of Nirmaan Collective. Karan lives in a small house with his extended family ...
Mixed Subji (Veggie) Curry
Ingredients: 3 tbsp oil 2 onions - finely chopped 2 tsp fresh crushed ginger 2 tsp fresh crushed garlic 2 s...
Bold Transformations
Sometimes it is possible to make treasure from trash. When a pattern is cut out from a length of cloth, small pieces ...
Woven Wizardry: Exploring the Art of Ikat
The first clue that you're going to someplace special is a sound. Even before you're in the village you hear a myste...
A Stroll Along the Station Road
Welcome to Mumbai! We recently took a stroll down a street near the MarketPlace workplace. This is the route to the S...