Comments on: Eco-friendly natural hand-crafted boxes

By: Seema Menon

Seema Menon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:50:14 +0000

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.

By: sanjeevani

sanjeevani — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:46:17 +0000

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

By: Nags

Nags — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:34:06 +0000

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..

By: Ranju

Ranju — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:22:58 +0000

I think the name of the plant is EERA..a version of straw

By: suni

suni — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:33:01 +0000

thanks deepa sekar for the link……

By: nirmala jagannath

nirmala jagannath — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:49:38 +0000

please let me know how to purchase the bags and kalamkari dupattas. Thanks
Nirmala

By: Deepa Sekar

Deepa Sekar — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:35:20 +0000

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

By: Duff

Duff — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:15:37 +0000

Hi,

Can you tell me how much the tissue bag and the one below it cost.

Thank you. They are beautiful.

By: suni

suni — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:27:36 +0000

hi..

the first gift box with tissue silk looks awesome…how much does it cost…do u ship it to bangalore..thanks

By: anita rathore

anita rathore — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:51:12 +0000

all the boxes and pouch are very beautiful. where can we get these items in mumbai in reasonable price.