Leveraging tech to foster art forms
The Hindu
With ITDA help, Naikpods set up a router
Artisans of the Naikpod tribal community are all set to leverage technology to upgrade their skills and produce wooden miniature masks to foster their age-old art forms and tap a wider market for tribal handicrafts globally. Thanks to the initiative of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Bhadrachalam, a group of artisans of Naikpod tribal community formed Naikpod Tribal Arts & Crafts Society and set up a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) router with 90% financial assistance at the ITDA campus in Bhadrachalam recently, sources said. The ₹32-lakh CNC router facilitates production of wooden miniature masks in impressive designs to serve as decorative artefacts.
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