Shimla Doll Making Craft

Aishwaryashree; Anushka Singh; Falak Nagpal; Gurpreet Kaur Sokhi; Nandini Shukla; Pragya Jain; Mrs. Apla Srivatava

Volume : IX, Issue : XII, December - 2019

Shimla Doll Making Craft

Aishwaryashree, Anushka Singh, Falak Nagpal, Gurpreet Kaur Sokhi, Nandini Shukla, Pragya Jain, Mrs. Apla Srivatava

Abstract :

The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has played an integral role in research and design education related to the craft sector. The resources available and the methodologies followed by the institute has always been put to use for learning and documenting diﬀerent crafts of India for many years. The department of Fashion Communication is closely involved with a variety of projects and workshops which are craft centric. This paper entirely focuses on the revival and awareness of an extinct craft. The craft picked for the research paper is Shimla Doll making , that declined within last 2 decades. Hence, a meticulous documentation along with its detailed comprehension which justifies the reasons of its downfall has been considered. Thus, a colloquium paper, is very crucial for the development of a well structured source of information that aids in the process of education, their conservation and even in the evolution of art, craft and culture of Shimla. It is our endeavour to sensitise everyone about the craft and the people associated to it by publishing the paper in authorised journals. The outcome and contribution of the paper is the understanding of a lost craft, which will further help building in the awareness and understanding the recovery potential within our area of research.