A Hundred Hands...

<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544095482194240674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLt0dsaeHRGBs9NJDxyu6FtM47lX85DBmcxBI00SPg0dr9JLor16c60JnsN6pnXLFIROMHdb7nusvcyXN7tBHUkW_H6__XEQpNZu0x0O9TUpDRFZcXXXMpy4w0Wua3HasDQJEkSbBZe8/s400/hh1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 400px;" /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeCEPDBzi9TnKSafIE3IgfV27xxHUVQSOOcXlP3tDEictPdZnycpncaDApXDFYjJUYs9GTiMkRKvxG5NGSN0Mt5oloarj-GLD_7oGvzxdhEWS6WsGtc3UoySzIyzHgpurI3-T-1m-T9g/s1600/hhegg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Hundred Hands</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is a nonprofit trust based in Bangalore, India.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Their vision is to create a world that celebrates the pleasure of handmade crafts in our homes and daily lives. </span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'The Handmade Collective' </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A showcase and sale of all things handmade is on and I had an opportunity to drop by yesterday and enjoy the beauty of various handcrafted work.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The gracious </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mala Dhawan</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> of </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Hundred Hands </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">showed me around and here are few lovely products that I captured from a variety of handmade goodies...</span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544089879448000146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWy8UXsE-kstSXYdoXbHVsuAujR_RjYYS7AE7QfDfUoVG7Z1e1JhcbgxWRMEooWDzEcfz8JDjAszfP37Yeb5TVkodWJBYIdA-akSw7QfyQ9bS-17jLLGK8yfBCaM9NSJ7jcqkOW62-EI4/s400/hh14.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 375px; " /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Amazing </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Aepan painting </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">on tealight holder lamps...</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544089873545529922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0N5S4gXXZUSm_L3F4HWbQWZ8FZ7yCqEaWxP6wQJzfgtrmtVWue6ia9kDNIG9aNeLxOBaxyGZNAVIgVF1ytWuGGc_Ebkm6jze1nP45qbOx3KtzjAqM3HaZRKFmxnWbWRP0owXZbMv_TR4/s400/hh17.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Gift boxes...</span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544089876119693554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01-de2N-Awvbe8_llpEh6_Np5btukDgJZXnbJHyb3kOD7f4XwvGX2oBZWwJznc3rr1S3IsvmSpsSDZ7PO_SNWOp_jIj9Nn8wBEnCXVJpHMp6wbY4sr0e6pjiGgkRXF58w3GUwAezQ2os/s400/hh16.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Aepan</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is a unique craft of the Kumaoni folk , where they use finger nails, originally done on walls. Intricate patterns are made using natural dyes as this craft gets a new lease of life decorating homes and office stationery.'</span></span></div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrEjsUdITFlCxphJX9vGM28-eDtXrhvtCdjvPxCK1GHriege5Luynam2-DlRfxVOKrE2_qcig7g3a5VdUcpJLK5mi7BqGrw9PslvjQnQQzvwph3gKD_jocI36Ki8uI7Cv0l07KzcW6mc/s1600/hh2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544092491132068258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrEjsUdITFlCxphJX9vGM28-eDtXrhvtCdjvPxCK1GHriege5Luynam2-DlRfxVOKrE2_qcig7g3a5VdUcpJLK5mi7BqGrw9PslvjQnQQzvwph3gKD_jocI36Ki8uI7Cv0l07KzcW6mc/s400/hh2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Christmas gift items by </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Flower Belles Decorators...</span></b><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544101641538942514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeCEPDBzi9TnKSafIE3IgfV27xxHUVQSOOcXlP3tDEictPdZnycpncaDApXDFYjJUYs9GTiMkRKvxG5NGSN0Mt5oloarj-GLD_7oGvzxdhEWS6WsGtc3UoySzIyzHgpurI3-T-1m-T9g/s400/hhegg.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I just loved this idea of having fairy lights decorated with recycled egg crates by </span><b><a href="http://www.e-coexist.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">eCoexhist</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">... </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhNEchEmpYFbsfUAlHvhhHgL3W2qKQSJrPP25jgwOja6NuiLNWV3Ttvru8lofcef8wwh88PQa0vPqD8n9VPZX414uH_k-7pNGM6_j1PME0c1OeKuFcty8QkILNk2mEreEjmOKfdkQC0Q/s1600/hh5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhNEchEmpYFbsfUAlHvhhHgL3W2qKQSJrPP25jgwOja6NuiLNWV3Ttvru8lofcef8wwh88PQa0vPqD8n9VPZX414uH_k-7pNGM6_j1PME0c1OeKuFcty8QkILNk2mEreEjmOKfdkQC0Q/s1600/hh5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544092488112414674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhNEchEmpYFbsfUAlHvhhHgL3W2qKQSJrPP25jgwOja6NuiLNWV3Ttvru8lofcef8wwh88PQa0vPqD8n9VPZX414uH_k-7pNGM6_j1PME0c1OeKuFcty8QkILNk2mEreEjmOKfdkQC0Q/s400/hh5.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Eco-friendly Ganesha by </span><b><a href="http://www.e-coexist.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">eCoexist...</span></a></b><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544092483563414354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOM1WISGVALSrhtpLLafWIp6TaN-5iNVyK-WAHIXBPFl3-c61bguHvd3vk2jRKgqmogvlbtx_sRvgeS3LHdwJqmxKihA_1xvT_owllOyo7W9LYD_sijrdGo-c_FHpKDadFmrR10xovC4/s400/hh9.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Beautiful </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sanjhi Art</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544100095772741330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqmhipV7PtpXJ-Lgs5B9HA8MbcE1qWwP4AOHtuyHzgbfNgfMx15SFW10bLFVyU0KM-TcSBjgmV9cLdsovo4iheeR_-9LNXw9NEkRYUYhb82vqM4FO113ARX8iqedaU3me7BhQzI7gJoA/s400/hh7.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544100090191208642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTT-1VEo6Sfo04VqvOnwgQP0ROxfh2qDQMmGKtvzBMVD5Z92kdLQ65yj3g22KYGZFAZRQdvOAfLIfIGKQnUtmz_3fLEZzMY0Pz8CZZ4NlbPKA0UjjczuPI-1BnY5ITU2KoF9ytYYBadA/s400/hh6.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544100093304175746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0MPaOrAVmJ1JjOo5yHENaFWVRqh4tWa1gFKf70I8KrAXb78cyvIzlbRMUbOrix60NOpk-eI-pJUR2x4WFGZha_5fpxsHeleHtdgbYbIIduyrE1-QU5x-22j74UASkFt-FBn1ACN1krw/s400/hh8.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 339px; " /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sanjhi</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is an art of cutting paper on non metallic surfaces with the help of plied scissors and sharp blades. While this craft flourished since its origin in the lands associate with Krishna, in Mathura and Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, today only one family claims to be carrying it forward through it's fifth generation of artists.'</span></i></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBS5TYY_XeGHCm_or8mi6C2Vf0lf7ewpmI1k0_La79WjExnFLPPYcMMtGCnD0AtsT39dPA9gjFsgqZ4bQz5OUf4YCYfnUS57YrHautC5S5ayG6qiyWFCRrWn_ihvpP_3w_lht76lv6LQ/s1600/hh10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544092479216179410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBS5TYY_XeGHCm_or8mi6C2Vf0lf7ewpmI1k0_La79WjExnFLPPYcMMtGCnD0AtsT39dPA9gjFsgqZ4bQz5OUf4YCYfnUS57YrHautC5S5ayG6qiyWFCRrWn_ihvpP_3w_lht76lv6LQ/s400/hh10.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lush green plants for sale...<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqC3wY40CeCgYY8CYKzie5862hU22w5Oh6UZ_kBrWHlaurq57iz7z5Vm6VZFY8L6Z-tBIKtDXJgvDglv6NLv8fvs5Dw2JVrYz-CQTc0Z0dxtuS3_nxFEqZXbjo0rrczZXro98kIPriXg/s1600/hh11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544092476947140674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqC3wY40CeCgYY8CYKzie5862hU22w5Oh6UZ_kBrWHlaurq57iz7z5Vm6VZFY8L6Z-tBIKtDXJgvDglv6NLv8fvs5Dw2JVrYz-CQTc0Z0dxtuS3_nxFEqZXbjo0rrczZXro98kIPriXg/s400/hh11.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Beeswax products...<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5-hZd8wWcNJkkq7E6ktt2X8qk6wifz4F4WtagXuB-9jNGmlhaLc5DuEm0HTzcnV6pwd8ldhREnoQrQd6kQjwEWIpzV-cv8Y8Q6s_P1jd93iqU_uD000mAg746Q4_NEpILU63yedJERg/s1600/hh12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544089889703890578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5-hZd8wWcNJkkq7E6ktt2X8qk6wifz4F4WtagXuB-9jNGmlhaLc5DuEm0HTzcnV6pwd8ldhREnoQrQd6kQjwEWIpzV-cv8Y8Q6s_P1jd93iqU_uD000mAg746Q4_NEpILU63yedJERg/s400/hh12.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 331px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hase Chitra</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, a tribal art form from Shimoga and Karwar district of Karnataka. Usually done on special occasions like weddings etc, now trying to bring it into our modern everyday life by painting on canvas and metal...</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It was a great to learn about some very interesting art forms of India, that are being revived by '</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Hundred Hands...'</span></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Do drop by at</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Handmade Collective</span></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">24th Nov to 28th Nov. 2010 </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4, Ashley Road, Behind Hotel Ajanta</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">off Brunton Cross Road</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bangalore</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Do check out their </span><b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Hundred-Hands/128624817195354"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Facebook page</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> for other updates.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(images by Arch</span></i></span></span></div><div><a 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A Hundred Hands is a nonprofit trust based in Bangalore, India. Their vision is to create a world that celebrates the pleasure of handmade ...

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