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Small Flame, Considered Carefully: A Note on Diwali Diya Decoration
The diya is not a decoration. It was never meant to be. But it has always been beautiful. There is a particular quality to the light a diya makes. Not bright exactly. Not the flat uniformity of an LED. Something older.…
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The Object That Stays: Rethinking the Corporate Christmas Gift Through Craft
What you choose to give says something. This December, we think it should say something worth keeping. Every year, around December, a familiar ritual begins. Procurement teams shortlist vendors. Budgets get approved.…
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A Craft for Every Celebration: Reframing Festival Gifts Across the Calendar
The gesture is the same each time. What changes is the occasion. What should not change is the care behind the object. India does not have a single festival season. It has a calendar built almost entirely of them. Onam…
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Made by Hand, Kept by Memory: A Closer Look at the Traditional Handicrafts of Maharashtra
The story of what happens when craft outlasts the culture that created it, and the hands that refuse to let it disappear. Maharashtra is a land of many things. Coastline and cotton fields. Deccan plateau and dense…
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Mother's Day Gift Ideas
What’s cooking for dinner tonight? Are the clothes pressed and kept ready for tomorrow’s meeting? Did the courier arrive with the gift for the weekend housewarming party of a dear friend? Only one person can answer all…
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Christmas Gifting 2022
Don't sweat yourself out about the gifts you need to buy as Christmas approaches. Enhance your house into a home with our vibrant and on-trend collection of copper home decor items. Get some basketry for a tropical and…
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Journey BackToYourRoots this Festive Season... Coppre Patrons show the way!
In the yesteryears, handcrafting always flourished in the patronage of royalty. The royalty provided substantially for the artists to flourish creatively and otherwise. In the crumbling of royalty, handcrafted…
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Poetry of Basketry
Tales of Moonj Craft. Hand-coiled and tied Basketry. A light yet tough type of grass called Kaans takes centre-stage in our Basketry capsule from the Moonj Craft. This is the poetry of making by hand. The simplicity and…
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Reviving the copper craft of Maharashtra and rekindling the ancient tradition of drinking ‘tamrajal’ .
The story of how Coppre rekindled the ancient practice of drinking water from a copper water bearer. Metal Copper and brass, in particular, were an integral part of everyday life before the dawn of plastic. Everyday…
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Musings of a Beginner Yogi
On the occasion of International Yoga Day Coppre invites young yoga practitioner Aashna B who writes about her journey with yoga. From merely looking at it as an exercising routine, she today meditates to calm and focus…