Eco-friendly natural hand-crafted boxes
These cute handmade boxes are made from eco-friendly natural fibre. The one with tissue pouch, I think, is made from river grass/banana fiber. Both boxes are from ‘Indus Tree’. These boxes make good gifts and I have gifted quite a few of these boxes to friends who in turn ordered more of these boxes for their friends.
Below are hand crafted boxes I bought in an arts & crafts exhibition from a Keralite woman who told me that they were made from natural fibre. She mentioned the name of the plant (from which the fibre is extracted) in Malayalam that I fail to recall. Do you know what the plant could be?
April 3rd, 2008 08:17
Another wonderful creation here :). How come we all foodies are interested in such things the same way with deep liking and love for these things… Sailu, you have everything now on this blog which makes me miss India even more.
April 9th, 2008 05:19
I love the first box.
Well actually i like all of them.
I have the name of the plant on tip of my tounge, when i remember i will come and tell
April 9th, 2008 10:51
wow the block printed ones look so ethnic..wonderful gift items.
April 14th, 2008 02:50
wow, so very very lovely….I just can’t take my eyes off them….i am a total sucker for such stuff…yeah Industree has great picks….
April 14th, 2008 12:38
Please let me know how I can order some these things.
Regards,
Deepashri
April 16th, 2008 14:47
hi sailugaru,
first box chala bagundi, chala rich ga vundi. adi entha avuthondo cheppagala ra? meeru india lone na leka bayataki kuda pampisthara? if we order
May 6th, 2008 06:02
I liked the first box very much. can you please let me know how much it will cost around if we can order that.
May 29th, 2008 05:45
niceone…all of them
June 2nd, 2008 21:53
When I was a child, we slept on mats made out of this natural fiber. It was smooth and spongy to lie on and was called thazam pai. It was believed to have a cooling effect on the body. The 3rd set of boxes seem to have been made of the same fiber.
Your cotton fabrics look awesome.
June 18th, 2008 23:51
all the boxes and pouch are very beautiful. where can we get these items in mumbai in reasonable price.
July 4th, 2008 09:27
hi..
the first gift box with tissue silk looks awesome…how much does it cost…do u ship it to bangalore..thanks
September 4th, 2008 07:15
Hi,
Can you tell me how much the tissue bag and the one below it cost.
Thank you. They are beautiful.
September 14th, 2008 06:35
Suni, the first gift box is an Indus Tree Product, I have seen them at Landmark Book Store in Chennai. BTW the organisation’s office is in Koramalgala Bangalore here is the URL…
http://industreecrafts.com/Contact%20us.htm
September 24th, 2008 14:49
please let me know how to purchase the bags and kalamkari dupattas. Thanks
Nirmala
October 11th, 2008 09:33
thanks deepa sekar for the link……
January 28th, 2009 17:22
I think the name of the plant is EERA..a version of straw
February 7th, 2009 17:34
I think the malayali woman must’ve said “ola” which means the strips of leaves from the coconut palm… they are dried well and then woven into mats, baskets and even hats..
February 23rd, 2009 22:46
hi sailu…. after a real long time.. any idea about kolams on threshold.. i mean to say are there any do’s and donts planning to paint on the threshold.. with two brats around i cant use rangavalli powder or biyyam pindi
sanjeevani
June 19th, 2009 02:50
The third box is made of ‘Kaitha Ola’ which is a relative of our pineapple shrub.
They have longer leaves similar to the pineapple shrub and beautifully fragrant blossoms, which in earlier days keralite women used to pluck and leave in their wardrobes for the exotic smell which last for years. There are lots of reference to ‘Thazhampoo’ (flower of this tree).
The leaves are plucked, soaked and then dried to make it soft and mats and lots of other useful stuff used to be made of this. In fact my 3 year old son was gifted with a small mat made of this leaf when we were in India - for its cooling properties.
Its generally called ”Kaitha” - look for references to these plant in Kamala Das’s poetry.