Truptimayee Darjee is a 33-year-old appliqué artisan based in Pipili, Puri district, Odisha. She began learning the craft at the age of 25 through family-based training. Her practice incorporates both appliqué and jute, indicating a diversification of materials and products within contemporary craft production. Her work spans ritual, social, and everyday uses, reflecting adaptability within the craft. Engaged with local markets, cooperatives, and intermediaries, her practice is shaped by similar constraints faced across the region, including raw material shortages, competition, and infrastructural limitations.