We are at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity where I am trying to sneak a picture of a block print of cultural icon Begum Akhtar on a blouse. Its wearer, Mamta Varma, runs Bhairavi’s Chikan in Lucknow, with 300 women who do fine chikankari embroidery. Noting my interest she reveals that the unusual blouse was made by […]
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5 from the Calico Museum “It is a reflection of the sheer number and variety of Indian textiles that there is no one book that could possibly encompass them all. The nearest anyone has come is the Historic Textiles of India series by the Calico Museum, which currently runs into five fat volumes, comprising John […]
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Chay Reds, Ferrous Black: The Untold Stories of Indian Trade Textiles in Sri Lanka There’s a culture of fraternity at textile exhibitions across India. A culture of support and championing of a common passion, and sharing knowledge. Perhaps I am sensitive to this as someone with a voracious appetite for learning through historical textiles. Nevertheless, I […]
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The lines between craft, art, and design are blurring now more than ever before. Artisanal techniques, once seen as the antithesis of “cool”, are gaining ground in art and design circles. Last year saw several narratives around textile, helping transform them into powerful tools of inquiry into cultural identity and sustainability. Exhibitions such as When Indian […]
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Malvika Singh’s Sarees of Memory project revives 21 traditional drapes from around the country, and gifts the weavers design ownership Malvika Singh’s Sarees of Memory project revives 21 traditional drapes from around the country, and gifts the weavers design ownership A sunny, sweltering summer afternoon in Delhi sees the gates of the Brazilian embassy open […]
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