Meet the Master Artisans
Every Dhaga India piece is shaped with devotion by rural masters who dedicate their lives to keeping indigenous Indian craftsmanship alive.
Sunita Murmu
Sunita leads a collective of 34 Santhal tribal women in Baripada. Harvesting resilient wild grass from the edges of Similipal forest, she twists strands into tight ropes that are hand-stitched into structured bags and organizing trunks. The craft has allowed all women in her guild to achieve independent financial dignity.
Rameshwar Prajapati
Rameshwar works before charcoal hearths that have burned in his family for seven generations. Transforming an alloy of copper and tin into resonant bell-metal vessels through rhythmic hammer blows, he preserves Ayurvedic metallurgy noted in classical Indian medical treatises.
Jamila Bai
Jamila inherited Lippan Kaam from her Mutwa elders. Blending clay with indigenous tree resins and chalk, she rolls fine clay coils with her fingertips to form sacred geometric murals studded with hand-cut convex mirrors that refract desert light.
Sayeed Ahmed
Operating on high-speed wooden lathes, Sayeed crafts lamps and decor from sustainable Wrightia tinctoria (Aale Mara) wood. The finish is applied using non-toxic natural shellac colored with turmeric and indigo, creating a velvety heirloom sheen without plastic varnishes.
Sukhram Ghadwa
Practicing a 4,000-year-old lost-wax process that traces directly to the Dancing Girl of Mohenjo-Daro. Sukhram winds beeswax threads over clay cores before pouring molten brass. Since each mold is broken open to release the sculpture, every artifact is a one-of-a-kind original.