Saroj Craft

Saroj Craft is based in Kalwar, which is a bit away from the main city rush. We started this because we wanted to work with our hands and make things that people actually use. Our workshop isn't anything special to look at from the outside, just a regular building where we keep our tools and materials. We spend the days cutting, shaping, and finishing different items. There is always a lot of scrap material on the floor by the time we finish in the evening. It’s just a few of us working here, so it stays pretty quiet most of the time. We don't have a big showroom or a fancy entrance. Most people who come to see us are looking for something specific they heard we could make. Kalwar is a nice place to work because it isn't as crowded as Jaipur, and we have enough space to move around. We often have projects spread out all over the tables, waiting for the next step. Sometimes a piece takes longer than we thought, but that’s just how it goes when you aren't using big machines for everything. We like the smell of the materials and the feeling of finishing a project. It’s a slow way of doing things, but it suits us fine. We just focus on the work at hand and try to get it right. It’s just how we run things here day to day.