Vietnam Handicraft Research And Promotion Center

Many of the embroidered arts of India takes its inspiration from nature, and the products of various regions reflect the colors of the flora and fauna of that area. Designs in Indian embroidery are formed on the basis of the texture and design of the fabric and the stitch. The dot and the alternate dot, the circle, the square, the triangle and permutations and combinations of these make up the design. Religious motifs such as gopurams, Tulsi plants and temple doorways are also equally popular. Every medium has been utilized in creating embroidery. Embroidery on leather, velvet, net and silks is found all over the country, and recently even raffia articles have come to be embroidered

The World Crafts Council – International (WCCI) was founded in New York on 12th June, 1964 by Mrs Aileen Osborn Vanderbilt Webb, as a International non-profit, non-governmental organization. It has a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) status with UNESCO. Delegates from 50 countries met for the first World Crafts Council Congress at Columbia University in New York. Mrs Aileen Webb with co-founders Margaret Patch and Srimati Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay from Asia established a craft movement to provide a better future to the craftsmen and craftswomen of the world.