Space Making Metal Craft Workshop Exhibition on 4th December 2013, 5.00 pm at SID Double Height, Faculty of Design, CEPT University Ahmedabad. The exhibition displays the Collaborative Craft Design Explorations done by Students, Craftspeople and Fabricators during the 14 days long Space Making Metal Craft Workshop.
The exhibition continues till 8th December 2013 from 11.00 am to 6.00 pm.
This workshop was organized and conducted from 20th November to 4th December 2013 by Faculty of Design, Design Innovation and Craft Resource Center (DICRC), CEPT University, Ahmedabad in collaboration with Craftroots, Ahmedabad along with Industry support - International Copper Promotion Council (India), Mumbai and Rachaita Creative Solutions, Baroda. This Workshop was part of the CEPT Winter School 2013.
The workshop focused on different types of metal-crafts like metal embossing, beaten metal work, cut work, metal engraving, sheet metal work, lost wax casting (Dhokra), traditional metal casting, along with the upcoming technologies. Gilding workshop, site visits and industry visits to Patan and Baroda were also conducted to expose the participants to various crafts and fabrication work.
The workshop constituted of 27 Craft Participants (Master Craftspeople, Craftspeople, Fabricators, and Helpers from Gujarat [Kutch, Mehsana, Nadiad, Ahmedabad], Andhra Pradesh and Orrisa) and 30 design participants (Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students from Architecture, Planning, Construction Technology, Geomatics), facilitators and subject experts. The craftspeople, fabricators and design participants worked together on the specific design brief dealing with the spatial applications. Through a collaborative craft-design process, various outputs related to Interior Architecture were produced by hand-on explorations with various metal crafts. The craft design groups made Partitioning systems, Ceiling systems, Façade systems, Railing systems and Storage and Display systems.
Apart from the Workshop outcomes, the craftspeople will also be exhibiting their masterpieces in their particular crafts. These products will also be available on sale.
