About 30 pieces of tarpaulin products are on display at the Maulana Azad School ground in Dharavi. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

After working with potters, carpenters, embroiders and broom-makers, the Dharavi Museum collective is ready with their fourth exhibition, the Waterproof Project, on display till October 29. This time, they have collaborated with the leather workers of Dharavi but got them to work with Mumbai’s favourite material, tarpaulin. Local tailors and bag makers have experimented with sheets of coloured tarpaulin to create duffels, handbags, wallets, lunch boxes, laptop bags and tablet sleeves. There are about 30 pieces currently on display on a cart that stands at Maulana Azad School grounds. The setup is minimal and accessible to all. Children playing on the grounds throng to the cart out of curiosity and the organisers don’t seem to mind. Kruti Saraiya, creative coordinator for Dharavi Design Museum, who has been on the project since February, says, “This is the first exhibition of its kind meant for the people of Dharavi. It’s to make them see what they are capable of creating.”