India
Craft Trade
A composition of block-printed cushions, a folded handloom throw and a patchwork hanging arranged on a carved teak cabinet against a plaster wall.

Indian craft clusters · direct to contract buyers

Many regions.
Countless traditions.
One extraordinary India.

A curated world of Indian handicraft, connected to the businesses that specify it: hotels, architecture studios, concept retail and corporate gifting. Sampled at the cluster, costed on the record, shipped with export paperwork.

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Photograph 1 of 3

Opening compositions made for this site. The pieces they gather are the crafts we work in.

Hand-worked at the cluster

Pieces are made by hand in the belt they come from.

Golden sample first

A physical sample is approved and sealed before any batch is cut.

Measured against the sample

Goods are checked against the approved sample before packing.

Export paperwork included

Documentation travels with the shipment.

Terms agreed before dispatch

Delivery terms are settled in writing before anything leaves.

32published references
10with a supplier document
32quoted on the brief
4craft belts described

The short version

A wholesale trade house for Indian craft, built for business.

One record, as the sheet saysBED-2701

Hand-Block Printed TNT Slub Bed Spread

SKU
TNBS-2701
SIZE
225 x 150 cms
FABRIC
100% cotton TNT slub
CRAFT
Hand block print, bed-spread, single
MOQ
50 pcs
PRICE
Not stated, quoted to brief
CUSTOMISATION
Any size / colour / print

Cluster to confirm, and the record says so.Read BED-2701

01

Straight from the makers

Orders are placed with the clusters who work the piece, so the drawing, the sample and the batch sit with the same hands rather than passing through a market.

02

Documented, not assumed

A reference goes on this site only when a supplier document backs it. Where no document is on file, the record says so and the cluster is named as to confirm rather than assumed.

03

Samples and quality checks

Approve a real physical sample before bulk production, with lab-tested finishes where durability matters. Every batch is measured against the sheet it was ordered from.

04

Export and delivery handled

Packing, export paperwork, customs and door delivery to your site. FOB Nhava Sheva unless the brief names another port.

From the book

Nothing here is priced
on a guess.

No reference on this site carries a price, a minimum order or a lead time, because no supplier sheet behind them states one. What the sheets do state, sizes, fabric and batch, is printed as written.

10 with a supplier sheet · 22 awaiting one

All 32 references
The belt atlas

Four belts.
One trade route.

The crafts worked in each belt and the stock we photograph there. Each row opens the belt record, which states what is documented and what is not.

01Kutch and Marwar Desert CorridorNatural indigo Ajrakh, castor oil Rogan art, Kutch embroidery and mirror work, hand-woven durries.1 record
Gujarat and Western Rajasthan02Bastar Forest and Mineral BeltDhokra lost-wax bell metal, wrought iron, terracotta architectural tiles.1 record
Chhattisgarh03Kashmir High-Altitude ValleysHand-spun fine wool, Sozni needlework on shawls, carved walnut screens.0 records
Jammu and Kashmir04Thanjavur and Channapatna CorridorChannapatna lac-turning, Swamimalai bronze casting, temple painting and relief work.1 record
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
Multi-tiered bell-metal candelabra with figurative cast arms, standing on a rough stone block in a mud-walled workshop.Bastar, Chhattisgarh · DHK-2401

How this piece is made

A Dhokra figure is built in wax thread over a clay core, covered in more clay, and fired so the wax runs out. Molten metal takes its place, and the mould has to be broken to get the piece out. It is used once, which is why two castings are never identical.

The method, not a workshopDescribed from the craft, not quoted to a named maker

DHK-2401reference on the catalogue
On requestprice, quantity and lead time are quoted on your brief
Not on fileno supplier document backs this line yet
Read the Bastar belt

Commercial protocol

How sourcing works.

A five-stage route from brief to site, with a named checkpoint at each stage.

Read the trade terms
01

Specification

You send the piece, the drawing or the reference, the quantity and where it is going. We come back with a feasibility answer and the questions the sheet has to answer.

Answered in writing
02

Golden sample

A physical sample is made for you to approve and seal before any batch is cut. Colour, size and finish are settled on that sample.

Approved before bulk
03

Batch allocation

The batch is placed with the makers who will work it, and the material basis is written down against the order.

Placed with named makers
04

Inspection and crating

Goods are measured against the approved sample before packing, and packed for ocean or air freight with the destination in mind.

Checked against the sample
05

Clearance and delivery

Export paperwork is prepared with the shipment and the delivery terms are agreed before the container moves.

Terms agreed up front
Journal

Field notes from the belts.

Published dispatches, not a blog. Each notes the technique, the place and the hand that made it.

All dispatches

Bring us the brief.
We will bring the book.

Tell us the piece, the quantity and where it is going. We answer in writing with what is documented, what is not, and how a sample would be made.

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