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Damodar Vithaldas Gajjar is a master craftsman and artist belonging to a family of craftsmen in Pethapur, a village near Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He creates contemporary and traditional designs using tussar silk as his canvas. Textile block-making saudagiri craft originated in the Gajjar family about 200 years ago. The Gajjar family crafted blocks for block printing. Besides being a textile block making expert, he has a passion for art and it is shown in his skills with the brush, with water colours and other colours on paper and on various fabrics.〔Nina Shah, journalist. The Sunday Observer, Mumbai〕 ==Academics== He has completed his study in painting from the faculty of fine arts, M.S. University, Baroda. He gained recognition as a textile designer and master craftsman in textile block making and printing. He has won several awards in his area of expertise. His skills have been acknowledged in UK, Scotland (Commonwealth Institute, Edinburgh). His artistic talent was recognized in India and abroad. Exhibition of his wall hangings and his painted and printed silk fabric was held at Chicago on behalf of art league of Chicago (USA).He was invited to deliver lecture on his skills in USA. During his study he received several awards in arts, crafts, graphics and textile design. He was in the teaching panel in the textile department in the faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara. He has been a dignified guest at various seminars and workshops. Some of them have been mentioned below: 1. Seminar and workshop organised by Handloom Development Corporation, Government of India. The Indian weavers service center on Vegetable Dying and Printing at Vidyanagar College of Fine Arts invited him as Chief Guest for the programme. 2. Between 1983 and 1990, he visited the UK on numerous occasions and organised workshops at schools, colleges and museums in different communities in the UK on behalf of commonwealth Institute, Edinburgh. 3. He was invited to organize a permanent term workshop by the craft manager of the Scottish Development Agency at Edinburgh in 1983. He has done work in creative designing, printing and painting on tussar and mulbari silk fabrics for private exhibitions and fashion shows. His themes and concepts have found him a place in the world of fashion. Also his water colour paintings depicting Indian village life and landscape were exhibited at Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara. An exhibition of wall hangings and paintings was held at the Taj Art Gallery and it received great applause from press and public. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「D. V. Gajjar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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