Post casting work
Nilesh and Pawan are cleaning the pieces just out of the mould and giving them antique finish.
These two tribal boys are first generation learners from Gadchiroli who joined Devrai Art Village 3years ago as apprentices and now they are masters in their own right!
Devrai Art Village strives to train the tribal youth, both men and women so that they can earn their livelihood through the medium of indigenous arts. This is perhaps the only way we can sustain our heritage in traditional arts and crafts.

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Though there is no denying the fact that teaching English is indispensable, it should not be at the cost of losing out on our own stories. Here's Totabhai PhD, inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's parable of the "Parrot's Training".

Devrai Art Village strives to make the art of storytelling an integral part of our education system.

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Musicians in iron and brass fusion waiting to be polished. They are laughing out loud after emerging from the moulds!

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Cast Leaves in Metal

Nature not only inspires us but often is the very raw material of our creations!

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Greetings for the New year!
Happy Gudipadva!

The leaf fall finds its way on to our canvases . If there's leaf fall, it is an indicator that it is making place for new ones to emerge. All these wild stirring in the atmosphere is captured by our artist Vaishnavi in a molten metal painting titled 'Panchmahabhoot' or the Five Basic elements that constitute the universal building blocks.

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Anybody for hand woven lamp shades?

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Birdies just out of the moulds! The Weaver Bird's nest too has been resurrected from fire...

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We, the metal artists know it from experience, that only after firing can casting happen, or the iron can be moulded into the desired shape only when it is red hot.
But this second lockdown is indeed breaking us down... Devrai Art Village will be forced to send back half our artisans to their native villages in Gadchiroli and Chattisgarh because we cannot sustain them.
You could support us by buying our creations, big or small.
We are soon opening an online store as well.

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