Asia InCH – Encyclopedia of Intangible Cultural Heritage – Open educational resource on the intangible cultural heritage of the traditional arts, crafts and textiles and their practitioners and transmitters in South Asia

Highlights

Stimulating Deliberation

Metal

Dhokra Metal Craft of West Bengal

Asia Inch

Wax, Batik

Batik on Textiles and Leather

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Embroidery of Maharashtra

Craft Revival Trust

Floor Decorations

Floor Coverings of Bihar and Jharkhand

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Cire- Perdue / Lost Wax Metal Casting - Houshold Items and Utensils

Craft Revival Trust

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Craft in Connecticut

McComb, Jessie F.

Micro-history / Art History

Design For Craft Development

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Micro-history / Art History

Towards a Renaissance of India’s Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Micro-history / Art History

Terracotta

Mohan, Ranjana

Micro-history / Art History

Kalamkari

George, Ligi

Micro-history / Art History

Crafting Craft

Bhand, Vishal C.

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

The Work of the Khatris of Dhamadka Block-Printed and Resist -Dyed Textiles

Edwards, Eiluned

Asia Inch Podcasts/Videos

Innovations

Discover transformative innovations and inventions that reframe and regenerate processes and techniques.

Collections, Exhibits and Ephemera

Explore rarely seen collections of objects. In addition browse through exhibitions and displays that are bound in time and space.

Bibliography

Over 10,000 bibliographic listings on the arts, traditional crafts, design, heritage, culture - intangible and tangible, its practitioners, its history and associated studies.

Glossary

This guide has been conceived as an introductory survey to the rich, varied, specialized and often unfamiliar vocabulary used to describe crafts and textiles.