A note from the field: Boudh.
Insights gathered through conversations and observation within appliqué communities.
A Note from the Field: Boudh.
Tracing community, continuity, and regional expression in appliqué.
Fellowship Chronicles: Jharsuguda.
Listening to craft, learning from people, and understanding place.
Immersed in the lives and craft of Odisha’s artisans.
Three days of learning in Phulbani, Kandhamal.
A field journey across Odisha.
Tracing the living landscape of appliqué across 14 districts.
Odisha Craft Odyssey (OCO) is a multi-year research, residency, fellowship, exhibition, and publication initiative documenting Odisha’s living craft traditions — through field research, oral histories, visual archives, and collaborations with artisan communities
Programmes
OCO is structured as a long-term interdisciplinary initiative combining research, field immersion, exhibitions, publications, and archival practices. Each annual cycle brings together researchers, artists, designers, curators, and artisan communities to study Odisha’s craft traditions through direct engagement, documentation, and collaborative knowledge-building.
A glance into last year - Kansa
An immersive journey into the living traditions of Kansa craft across Odisha. Through field research, documentation, artisan interactions, and material study, the Fellowship Programme 2024–25 explored the histories, processes, communities, and evolving realities surrounding one of Odisha’s most significant metal craft traditions.
