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Devalben Paba Shivadia l Dhebaria Rabari Embroidery l Attended Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya in year 2007
 
 

Devalben Paba Shivadia

 

 

Traditional Art: Dhebaria Rabari Embroidery

 

 

Born: 1956
No Formal Education
Address: Kukadsar
Ta. Mundra, Kutch
Phone: 02838 282404

  Devalben Paba Shivadia
  Devalben says
“We always used these design elements but didn’t realize it. We used to do what we like; we never did anyone else’s work. We have come ahead. We have learned to think of the market, to think of placement. I had to re-do one sample. I had to think hard but it was worth it. We have to learn to do it ourselves so that we can stand on our own feet.”
 

Devalben was born in Khara Pasvadia, in Anjar Taluka. Her family farmed as well as herded sheep and goats, and she did not migrate except in drought years. Rabaris did not attend school then, but she learned embroidery from her elder sister at the age of 11. When the Dhebaria elders banned traditional work in 1995, Devalben embroidered commercially for traders in Anjar, and in 1998 began to work with Kala Raksha. She has attended design workshops with Nita Thakore, Krishna Patel, Laurence, and Le Fils Createur.

A good artisan has a clean smooth hand, and creates a variety of designs with colour and pattern that stand out, Devalben says. Of the future of their now banished work, she says that they will never forget their traditional work. Even a decade after they were forbidden, artisans can still create the old designs. However, even though their daughters embroider to earn, they have not acquired this deep rooted tradition.

 

Devalben has served as a mentor at Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya and was a design intern at Kala Raksha in 2010, funded by COMO Foundation.

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