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Dhanji Hirjibhai Vankar l Weaving l Attended Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya in year 2011
 
 

Dhanji Hirjibhai Vankar

 

 

Traditional Art: Weaving

 

Born: 10-5-1983
Education: 8th Standard
Address: Sarli, Ta. Bhuj, Kutch
Mobile: 99098 46807

Email: vankaradhanji@yahoo.com

  Dhanji Hirjibhai Vankar
  According to Dhanjibhai, a good artisan works hard, has ambition, craves for learning and puts it into practice. Good design can be created by experiments and new compositions with existing elements.

Dhanjibhai's family is from Moghan. Seven generations ago, they came to Sarli village. Dhanjibhai’s grandfather’s family consists of 350 people called the Govani Family. All are involved in weaving. In the past, they wove for the Kanbi Patel community in return for grains and money. One hundred years ago, his grandfather wove a cloth which still in the home of a Patel in the village. Today his family consists of 11 members. Dhanjibhai’s father used to weave handspun cotton fabric, but he left it to weave acrylic and synthetic yarn for the outside market. In 1984 he was trained in colour at the Jaipur Weavers Service Center, and afterwards he had one month’s training in Sarli village. From then he started working for markets outside of Kutch. He works for Gurjari, Hathsaal Nigam and Geta Kendara.

 

Dhanjibhai has been weaving for eleven years. He learned this art from his father. He has participated in exhibitions in Delhi, Calcutta, Banglore, Jaipur, Chennai, Hyderabad, Dehradun, Allahabad, Jodhpur, Lakhnow, etc. According to Dhanjibhai, a good artisan works hard, has ambition, craves for learning and puts it into practice. Good design can be created by experiments and new compositions with existing elements. He believes that if they work as per the demand of customers, the future of weaving is bright. Dhanjibhai longs to innovate in weaving and create something different.

 

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