We have had a lovely weekend in Bangalore but have been a little hampered in the sourcing materials mission as it has been both the end of Ramadan & the Hindu Ganesha festival so everybody has been on holiday and almost all of the shops have been closed.
It has felt a bit like Christmas as there are twinkle lights everywhere, people making & selling exquisite garlands of flowers threaded on cotton on every street corner, and truly hideous gigantic statues of Ganesha in fluorescent colours (a rival to the blow up Father Christmas’ at home!). On Saturday night everybody gathers at the lakeside with their statues, big - on the back of vans & small - in their hands, to throw them into the lake.
So back to the materials & we have a few links to wholesale silver in Bangalore but the city has about the same population of London & so it feels a bit like finding a needle in a haystack!
We are visiting another crafts project here in Bangalore with a view to maybe developing some jewellery here too, & to perhaps getting some cards & packaging for the jewellery printed.
Lottie & I are heading to Mysore tomorrow and onwards for a couple of weeks travelling before heading back to Bangalore & the project again at the beginning of October. We will be in touch when we return.
Love love x
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