Creative Handicrafts

Our workshop is located over in the New Municipal Chawl on Sant Kakkayya Marg. If you are familiar with the Dharavi area in Mumbai, you know it is a place that is always moving and there is a lot of energy around every corner. Our specific spot is at number 10/97. We have been working with different kinds of handicrafts for quite some time now. It is mostly local people from the neighborhood here making things by hand using older methods. The space we have isn't huge, but we make it work by staying organized. Every morning starts with getting the materials ready and checking what needs to be finished by the end of the day. We usually have a lot of different projects going on at once. It can get a bit loud with all the noise from the street and the neighbors, but that is just how Mumbai is. We try to keep our work honest and simple. The people who work here have been doing this for years, so they really know their way around a needle or a crafting tool. We are not a big factory or anything like that. It is more of a community effort to keep things going. We just focus on making things that look decent and serve a purpose for the people who buy them. Sometimes we run a bit behind when things get hectic, but we always catch up eventually with the orders.