Member of Supervising Board 3S, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch in TGD to check repair work:
-Front wall with mud and bricks
-White wash front and entrance
-Repair of shelves in kitchen garden of Women and Men Centres
-Cleaning work on drinking water plot,
-Floor repair work in office
3S is an informal, Senta Siller Foundation related platform from which funds are collected from home and abroad.
Labels: Dr Norbert Pintsch, Dr Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona, TTTC, Women Art Center
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:57 AM,
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Prof. Gwendolyn Kulick, the Assistant Professor in Beaconhouse National University (BNU), School of Visual Arts and Design, has a long association with the Project. In addition to being in Pakistan House Potsdam, Germany in 2003, she has visited TGD with BNU students many times. She is doing her PhD in ‘Design Work in NGOs and Income Generation.’ Her research work brings her to TGD.
(Farooq Ahmed, Secretary General Anjuman-e-Falah-e-Aama), Prof. Dr. Brigitte Wolf and Prof. Gwendolyn Kulick)
On Mar 17, 2011, Gwendolyn Kulick was in the Dolls Village with her research supervisor (academic mother) Prof. Dr. Brigitte Wolf (Theory of Design, Department for Design and Art, University of Wuppertal, Germany) who is in Pakistan on the invitation of Annemarie-Schimmel-House (ASchH) in Lahore.
Both the special guests spent fill day visiting different workshops of doll making, pottery and toy making in the Women Art Centre and Technology- Transfer- and Training Centre as well as saw the work in Basic Health Unit. Guests also took keen interests in repair work for Mud House Owners Project (owners repair their mud house after summer and winter monsoon ahead of the annual quality of life competition – an effort to keep traditional farmhouses as a sample). These mud houses are also fouc of stuy for Institute for Experimental Construction at BNU and attractive for visitor and tourists.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12:00 AM,
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Village Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka – commonly known as Dolls Village – is a center of activities that range from dolls and toys making to research and a place where large number of local and foreign volunteers come and add value.
Thatta Kedona is a project, first of its kind, in rural area where handmade quality toys are crafted using all indigenous materials and traditional designs based on cultural and folklore themes. The workmanship of the dolls and toys has acclaimed international recognition through their participation in numerous international events, exhibitions, fairs and displays. These toys are the embodiment of dreams, hopes and most of all self-reliance of the hands, which breathe a part of their own soul into them.
Read more »Labels: BHU, TTTC, Women Art Center
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:00 AM,
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Labels: Senta Siller Design Center, Thatta Kedona, Women Art Center
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:59 AM,
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Labels: Posters, Women Art Center
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:24 AM,
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Monika Kuppler conducted workshops for dolls pottery for new students in Women Art Center. Here are some of the pieces thatwere produced during workshop.
Labels: Monika Kuppler, Pottery, Women Art Center
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:36 AM,
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Labels: Designs, Women Art Center
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:29 AM,
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