The Centre will give visible form to the idea of the 3 Es of the Ethos, Ecology and Economics coinciding with the 4 Rs of Research, Remember, Revive and Reconnect. 

In early June of 2024, when women began gathering regularly in the bamboo hut to weave, Namge Wangmoo Glow the Project Coordinator at Singchung remarked “we have never met like this before, with no festival or family event!”. 

The weaving halls and huts in Singchung, Bichom had become spaces of creative work and conversation for the women – conversations about how their motifs were made, their textiles were graded, how new designs can emerge – between many generations of women.

The centre is visualised as an extension of such a cohesive space, where the community can come together to consolidate their insights, archive their work and create a small permanent exhibition of its evolution. Design catalogues, process documentation and resources that outside experts bring in, can all be made available in this centre. 

It is also designed as a workshop to experiment with dyeing, fibre processing, growing a nursery of bast fibre, and other older or newer processes. 

The Centre will also house teams of associated verticals.We are also planning towards adding a 4th E of Education, in addition to Ethos, Ecology and Economics. This vertical brings together NEP and a new design for a school curriculum in tribal areas that will include traditional craft and entrepreneurship skills, highlighting the link between craft knowledge, mathematics and computational thinking.