Shilpi Handicrafts

We are located on Sanganer Higher Sec Road. It’s a place that’s always full of color and the smell of dyes. Our workspace is filled with stacks of fabric and wooden blocks used for printing. It’s not the most organized looking place, but we know where everything is. There are piles of cloth in the corners and buckets of ink under the tables. We spend a lot of time washing out the screens and making sure the fabric is stretched out right to dry. In the afternoons, if it’s sunny, you’ll see the long strips of cloth hanging out to catch the heat. The floor is stained with all different colors from years of working here. We don’t have a fancy showroom; most of the space is taken up by the actual work. Usually, we have the radio playing in the background while we work. It’s a lot of manual labor, and our hands are often stained with whatever color we’re using that day. Sanganer is a busy area, so there’s always people walking past the door or stopping in to ask questions. We don’t really do much advertising. People just seem to find us by walking down the road. It’s a simple setup with old wooden tables and some fans to keep the air moving. We just focus on getting the patterns straight and the colors right before the day is over and we can wash up.