Recognise it as a source of supplementary income: This also helps the artisans know what the consumers want or need. This inspires the customers and establishes a connection between art and buyer. Increase interaction with the consumers:Īrtisans need to interact with the consumers and tell them all about their work and the meaning behind it.
To keep the traditional craft alive, it is important for artisans to understand how trade fairs work and participate in the same with an all round understanding of the profit and loss and pros and cons involved in the global market. Here are 8 ways to protect the dying handicraft industry: 1. Let's move towards a world where handcrafted items are given due respect and the artisans are also get the recognition they deserve for their skills. So, it is high time that art forms are revived and awareness spread about them in urban space. Preserving and protecting the skills and knowledge of traditional crafts is a growing challenge. Due to this, artisans are moving to alternative income generation methods, for instance - daily wage labour and farming and art is losing its grip.
By India Today Web Desk: In a growing technology-run and industrialised world, people are increasingly forgetting the traditional crafts and moving towards new innovation.