About Jerusha,

Textile Design | Craft Documentation

Being Indian, I'm proud of our rich Diversity, and have a strong passion towards the revival of traditional Indian crafts. I love exploring and experimenting different mediums and materials that involve lots of research during the process. My zeal for the imperfections of human hands has led me explore crafts at various country sides.

Education

B.Des - Textile Design at National Institute of Fashion Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu.

M.Voc - Soft Material Specialization at Indian Institute of Crafts and Design, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Awards

-First prize in the design category at The Sculpture Park’s KCT Art Awards, 2019

Experience

- Design consultant for 'The Vetiver Project' by Good Earth, Delhi. (Jan 2022- July 2022)

-Textile Designer and Training Head (Samarth Scheme) at Vayati weaves, Bengaluru, Karnataka. (2020-2021)

-Provided Design support and trained 300 weavers to revive Eri silk yarn and trained weavers in spinning, natural dyeing and weaving to create a self sustaining livelihood at Morigaon, Assam as a project under MSME Scheme with ICCo, Guwahati. (2020)

-Craft documentation - 'Himru' at Suraiya Hasan Bose’s Traditional crafts and weaves, Hyderabad. (2019)

- Provided Training and design support to women at Plan@earth, Kerala for upcycling plastic. (2018)

- Worked on a skill development project - 'Katran' at Banasthali, Rajasthan. (2018)

- Worked as a Textile Designer at, TVAM Art and Design Studio, Chennai. (2017)

- Internship at Plan @ Earth, Aluva, for Plastic Upcycling Projects.

- Worked at Porgai Artisans association, Sittilingi as a part of my Graduation Project. (2016)

- Internship at Translate Hand woven Ikat, Hyderabad. (2015)

- Worked as a part of a team in Khadi Village and Industries, in Virudhunagar District on various interventions fot the upliftment of the Rural society. (2014)