I am browsing through pictures of our women artisans in India. I watch them sewing, embroidering and stitching appliqués on pillows and I am amazed: the things we take for granted. These women are sitting on the floor most of the time, sometimes on dirt outside their homes busy making cushy pillows for us to lounge on. There is a bit of a sad irony in the idea that they cannot enjoy comfortable conditions but are laboring to make us comfortable.
Look at Surekha for example. She sits on the floor in her kitchen sewing. There are no pillows in sight, not even a chair for her to sit on. Her knees are her work table. Or Pinky sitting in an alley embroidering design for a pillow. No chair or even a sidewalk for her to stretch on.
And Archana sitting on the step at the doorway to her home working away.
These women labor 4-5 hours a day without the proper conditions for the precision work they are engaged in. And yet the results are remarkable.
Really changes your idea of comfort, doesn't it? All of a sudden a pillow seems real luxury…
Check out the pillows our humble Indian women artisans created on our site:
http://www.giannafairtrade.com/living-room/decorative-pillows/decorative-patterned-pillows/
p.s.: We just extended our storewide sale on pillows till Nov. 23!
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