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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://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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The Costumer Manifesto: Ethnic Dress Links
The Costumer Manifesto is the destination for anyone interested in ethnic costume. This page contains a gazillion links to sources from all over the world.General Traditional Dress Links
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Past Patterns
#503: Flapper Slip-On Evening Dress $16.00 (US dollars)
A typical dropped waist of the Roaring Twenties is created by a yoke over the hips. The tiers of circular flounces form a lovely vision while dancing. The scarf and the tie sash patterns are included. This pattern is quick and easy to make.
This pattern is multi-sized 8 through 20. All the sizes are in one package. Look at our National Standard size chart for your size. Sizes 8-12 require 5 3/8 Yds. of 45 inch wide fabric; sizes 14-20 require 5 5/8 Yds. of 45 inch wide fabric.
Saundra Ros Altman's: Past Patterns
The Historical Pattern Company
Dedicated to Accuracy Since 1979
Moccasins and Leather Craft Patterns
HOW TO MAKE LENAPE STYLE MOCCASINS
Shared by Mèssochwen Tëme
The same pattern is used for both feet so you only have to make one pattern. Once you make the pattern you're all set, and you can save it for making more moccasins in the future.
Manataka.org
Bear Creek Leather| Leathercrafting Patterns | |
 Any leathercraft pattern you could ever want. From moccasin patterns to holster, quiver, and archery leather work patterns. If you don't find what you're looking for here try our bookshelf section, where we have books full of different patterns for you to try your leather working skills on. |
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4directions.org
Curriculum Areas: Moccasin Making
Recommended Levels: 7th -12th graders
Time Frame: 55 minutes 2 times a week
Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
Geographic Location: Rock Point Arizona
Developedby: Bennie Begay
Fashion-Era, A Costume Resource
Fashion-era contains 715 content rich, illustrated pages of Fashion History, Costume History, Clothing, Fashions and Social History. Sitemap
"At Fashion-Era.com we analyse two centuries of women's costume history and fashion history silhouettes in detail. Regency, Romantic, Victorian, Edwardian, Flapper, 1940's Utility Rationing, Dior's New Look, 1960's Mini dress, 1970's Disco, 1980's New Romantics, Power Dressing, Haute Couture, Royal Robes, Fashion Semiotics, and Body Adornment, each retro fashion era, and future fashion trends are all defined.
We've also outlined the history of Jewelery, Perfumes, Cosmetics, Corsetry and Underwear manipulation of the body silhouette. Fashion history is a rich area to explore. The effects of past and present technology, changes in work, leisure, media and homelife that affect lifestyle trends, attitudes, fashion trends and shopping trendsetters are all covered in the various eras.
Newer sections such as hats, hair, cloaks and capes, ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman fashion history continue to explore and make this a great web fashion history and costume history resource. Some sections also include consumer tests for example on clip in hair extensions plus tips on how to buy and sell vintage, pattern drafting and Christmas themes. There is also a Fashion Forum over 4 years old called Fashion-era Forum. There you can discuss anything from current fashion trends, old photographs, vintage to costume history or from Greeks to the 21st century."
Egyptyian Dress Costume Collars
Ancient Costume - Egyptian Dress Costume PlatesPart 5 - Ornamental Patterns and Egyptian Collars
- Collars with Ancient Egyptian Decorative Ornament
- Egyptian Collar for Tutankhamun Fancy Dress Costume
- Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs Exhibition
Styles of Egyptian robe with free pattern guides were discussed on the detailed pages of Egyptian Costumes. However, decorative elements were mostly confined to the removable collars on garments and other removable accessories such as headwear, girdles (striking wrap sash belts) and deep arm cuffs. But if you need a wearable costume you have to have basic body covering too, so check out my other Egyptian pages.
To complete your Egyptian costume add a collar, typical jewellery and eye make up. To be fair there are plenty of King Tut collars available at fancy dress party costume outlets online. But part of the fun of going to an Egyptian fancy dress event is making your own Egyptian inspired costume and most importantly achieving something that fits you proportion wise rather than being made as one size fits all."Fashion-Era
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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!