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Craftsy Affairs

Handmade in India, with provenance

Handmade in India, with the maker's name on it.

From Banarasi silk to Kerala pickles, shop by region, craft or festival, and know exactly who made it, where, and how.

Tap a region to bring its art forward

In the medallion: a ring of Banarasi kairi butas.

Banarasi Katan Silk Saree, Maroon

Provenance

Banarasi Katan Silk Saree, Maroon

Maker
Kumar Weaves
Region
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Craft
Kadhua weave in katan silk and zari
Fair pay
Price agreed with the maker

Gifts with a story attached

From the loom, the brush, the needle and the kitchen

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GI tagged

Hand-painted · Quartz

Jaipur Blue Pottery Vase

by Jaipur Blue Pottery Atelier · Jaipur

₹1,380★ 4.7

Our promise

Every piece arrives with its story.

Each listing names the maker, the place and the method, so you can trace what you are buying back to the hands that made it.

Meet the makers
Authentic
Made in the region and tradition it names. Where a craft carries a Geographical Indication tag, we show it.
Handmade
Made by people, not production lines. The method is written on every product page.
Traceable
See the maker, the town or village, and the cooperative or group behind each piece.
Fairly paid
Makers agree their own prices with us, and are paid for every piece that sells.
A block printer pressing a carved teak block onto cloth

Maker spotlight

Meet the hands behind the work.

Each month we feature one artisan, cooperative or self-help group: their craft, their place, and how the work is made, in their own words.

“The cloth remembers every hand that touched it.”
Bagru Chhipa Collective · Hand block printing, Bagru
Read their story

Make something by hand? Sell it with your name on it.

For artisans, self-help groups, cooperatives and home-food producers. We bring the shoppers; you keep the story.