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1952-02-25 (age 74)
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Textile design education
Aditi Ranjan (née Shirali; born 25 February 1952) is an Indian textile designer, educator and researcher involved in the field of Indian crafts.[1] She taught textile design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad from 1974 to 2012.[2] Ranjan is known for her book Handmade in India: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Indian Handicrafts based on Indian arts & crafts that she edited along with her partner and fellow design pedagogue, M. P. Ranjan.[3][4]
Work
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She is involved in the study of weave structure and fabric construction. She also documents and researches on textiles, crafts, and the diverse material and visual culture of India.[5][6] Some of her notable works include:
- Textile and Bamboo Crafts of the Northeastern Region (1983)
- Chikankari Embroidery of Lucknow (1992) with Ashok Rai[7]
- Navalgund Durries of Karnataka (1992) with Chandrashekar Bheda[8]
- Handmade in India: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Indian Handicrafts (2009) with her husband M. P. Ranjan.[9]
Aditi Ranjan has been an educator in the discipline of textile design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad since 1972.[10] From 2011 to 2016, she was engaged in a research project on the textile traditions of the North-east India, with the support of the Outreach Programmes at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and commissioned by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Delhi.
Ranjan has also curated a private collection of saris and shawls for the textile gallery, the Ahmedabad Trunk at the House of MG, a heritage resort in Ahmedabad.[11] Art of the loom, an exhibition put up in 2019 at the Ahmedabad trunk, was a notable curatorial work by her. This exhibition showcased handloom textiles from the personal collection of Leena Sarabhai Mangaldas and Anjali Mangaldas.[12]
Handmade in India
The book was written from 2002 to 2007. It offers a detailed documentation of India’s art and craft traditions. The project was conceptualised by the Ranjan duo and involved extensive fieldwork across the country. The book is an official directory of all the crafts and was published by the Department of Handicrafts, Ministry of Textiles and the Government of India.[13][14][15][16] Aditi and M. P. Ranjan were honoured with the Kamala Samman Award in 2014 for the book.[3][5]
See also
References
- ↑ Meet the nine grande dames of craft in India. Architectural Digest India(2021-07-14). Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ Design in India. Bangalore International Centre. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bonds with tradition. The Hindu(2014-04-11). Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ 3 NID Grads Use Stories to Save Over 250 Dying Crafts & Help 200 Artisans Earn More, Wangchuk, Rinchen Norbu. The Better India(2022-04-08). Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A tribute to the design wizard. The Hindu(2015-08-14). Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ Exploring the People and Processes Behind India's Block Printing Tradition. The Wire. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ Chikankari Embroidery of Lucknow{{#if:Rai|, Rai}. National Institute of Design(1992)
- ↑ Navalgund Durries of Karnataka{{#if:Bheda|, Bheda}. National Institute of Design(1992)
- ↑ Crafts of India: Handmade in India by Aditi Ranjan; M.P. Ranjan: Good Hardcover (2014) | ThriftBooks-Atlanta. www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ 'Naturally Anuradha' boutique of organic handloom products opened in Guwahati - Sentinelassam. www.sentinelassam.com(2020-10-11). Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ Design Thinking. Design thoughts. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ↑ The sari specialists, Bagchi, Shrabonti. mint(2019-01-12). Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ Aditi and M.P. Ranjan. www.platform-mag.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ↑ Biography, sumedh. D'Source(2021-02-14). Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ↑ Creativity meets commerce, Raje, Aparna Piramal. mint(2020-12-11). Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ India: design futures of everyday pluralism, Tunstall, Elizabeth Dori. The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-08-11.