"The
product can only be marketable if it is attractive to the consumer
i.e. the traditional skill is adapted and designed to suit contemporary
tastes and needs. Design does not mean making pretty patterns. It
is matching technique with a function. "
Laila Tyabji - Dastkar'
Paintings
Dastkar
has a small, but exquisite collection of Godhna, Madhubani,
Kalamkari and Patachitra depicting traditional folk tales.
Typically, religious motifs and episodes, flora and fauna,
are used as pictorial references.