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SUSANTA BISWAS
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SUSANTA BISWAS a documentary maker
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- What fiber skills do you have?
- Through audiovisual means I use to document various themes on handicrafts and allied subjects as well as contemporary issues affecting the poor, vulnerable, marginalised sections and environment.
- What countries have you lived in/visited?
- I live in India and have visited SAARC Countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.
- What languages do you speak?
- English, Bengali & Hindi
- Your Website:
- http://www.susantabiswas.webs.com
- Any other links you want to add? Facebook?
- http://www.charchaonubad.org">http://CHARCHA The Pioneer Webzine : http://www.charchaonubad.org
- What would you like to see happen here on Fiber Focus?
- I want to enrich my knowledge with various interactions on crafts and artifacts
- How did you find out about our group? Do you know anyone else here?
- I was in search for a good social network on handicrafts.
Glimpses of the documentaries made by SUSANTA BISWAS
"Artistic approach" is accepted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India for the national telecast in Doordarshan (the number one television channel in India in terms of absolute viewer-ship).
Besides, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and The Handicraft Department, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India have highly appreciated it and screened the documentary at their various programmes.
Stills from "the tender touch" -- a documentary by SUSANTA BISWAS
Stills from "Forest Management Beyond JFM" -- a documentary by SUSANTA BISWAS
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On-line Lino-cutting Course
September 21, 2009 at 6pm to November 8, 2010 at 7pm – on-line
The lino cuttinc course consists of three lessons delivered at fortnightly intervals as a pdf file. The lessons contain exercises to intitally introduce you to lino-cutting and build up your skills...
Organized by Dijanne Cevaal | Type: on-line, linocutting, course
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I started a Fair Trade group and would love it if you joined in over there.
I've started some discussions that maybe you can jump in on there, too.
By the way, if you follow the link to "Get Badge", you will find one for a slide show of your photos which you can post anywhere online. That advertises both Fiber Focus and your page here. I'm watching them now... I long to go to India and someday I hope it will happen. I've been to many countries in South America and Europe, but not Asia or Africa yet. My husband is from Morocco, another country I hope to visit. In time, it will happen!
I started this group with the intention of narrowing the gap between educated and non-educated artists/artisans. It is open to anyone interested in textiles and fiber art. So far, most of the members are artists from the developed world who have traveled widely, many speaking two or three languages. But, we have had very little discussion about the implications of the great divide between 1st and 3rd world skills, market opportunities and trends. I do alot of that through my blog. I believe that there is a bias against traditional skills when they are made by the poor and would like to contribute my voice in seeing that they get both the recognition and financial compensation they deserve.
I would love it if you became a regular contributor there and shared some of your experiences with the groups that you have worked with. If you are interested, send me an e-mail from the blog, located at the top, right hand corner. We can discuss ideas that way. In this group, you can join or start discussions in the forum, groups that have come together in a theme, and load images to inspire others. Click on each of the tabs at the top of the page and you will see how the site is organized. There are also some tips under "Notes" on the front page.
You can also change your page here to reflect your interests. You'll find the link right under your profile photo. And, every member here has a blog which is linked to the front page, a nice way to introduce yourself and to keep us updated on your news. Please feel free to invite other people you think would be interested in this group. I would love to see it become as diverse as possible and hope that it will be a dynamic place. And, I'm thrilled to have another guy! Most of us are women and it is nice to have some active male voices as well!