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In 2015, Delhi-based Pooja Kanth started an online platform named 'Pooja Ki Potli', which sells handmade Macrame art made from jute, wooden handicrafts and more.

Badshah Miyan from Jaipur is known globally for his innate leheriya art preserved for 700-years. The artist has used his skills to make handmade paper.

Anakaputhur is a suburb of Chennai that lies a little beyond the international airport on the banks of the Adyar. Around 15-years-ago, a group of third-generation weavers of this village decided to stray away from a tradition of almost 9 decades.

The ban on plastic will be enforced from March 14 and include thermocol and plastic beads, but exempts dairy products, sealing manufactured products, and goods for export.

Wood, terracotta, ceramic, beads, papier-mâché, jute, bamboo and more - several options of hand crafted jewellery in natural materials are available today. Here are some Indian designers who are constantly experimenting and coming up with fresh, beautiful and colourful designs.