Ilkal sarees worn by women in North Karnataka | Photo Credit: Navaldeep Thareja “You are not a Bharwad if you wear a saree,” is how elderly Bharwad women chide young women from their community. Navaldeep Thareja, a textile engineer from Sangrur in Punjab, who often visits little-known places across India to meet craftspeople, artisans, weavers, and tribal people and photo documents […]
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Chintz prints from Rijksmuseum | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The walls of DakshinaChitra’s Varija Gallery are vibrant with different iterations of kalamkari, from fabric to graphic design. What emerged as a form of dyeing fabrics in Masulipatnam has been rebirthed by four artists whose work has come together to create the exhibition, Travelling Patterns. Walking […]
Continue Reading.jpg "Lightweight drapes with uncluttered motifs mark festive collections of ikat and kalamkari in Hyderabad")
A kalamkari artist at work. Artisans at Kalam Creations worked on new collections during the pandemic, handpainting stories from the epics | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Post-pandemic, while the retail sector noticed the tendency of ‘revenge shopping’ — splurging — immediately post lockdowns, the buying patterns have more or less shifted to a new normal, […]
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If summer is here, can the mango be far behind? Not just on our plates but also as a motif on textiles and other crafts. The fruit is deeply embedded in our ethos, says Anamika Pathak, in her 2021 dissertation, Mango-kairi-kalka-paisley: Design in Indian Art from Architecture to Textiles. The former curator of National Museum, […]
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A curated version of the iconic exhibition from the 1980s is on at the NGMA in Bengaluru, with the focus on craftsmen and weavers A curated version of the iconic exhibition from the 1980s is on at the NGMA in Bengaluru, with the focus on craftsmen and weavers In 1982, India launched an ambitious ‘Festival […]
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At Dhi Artspace in Hyderabad, the Crafting the Crossroad exhibition showcases how five contemporary artists draw inspiration from traditional crafts At Dhi Artspace in Hyderabad, the Crafting the Crossroad exhibition showcases how five contemporary artists draw inspiration from traditional crafts Artworks made using bamboo, crochet, beads, hand-painted kalamkari and crochet greet visitors at Dhi Artspace, […]
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The Visakhapatnam artist’s latest work of Vignaharta bagged the first prize at an online art competition organised by Dubai-based organisation Artscraft The Visakhapatnam artist’s latest work of Vignaharta bagged the first prize at an online art competition organised by Dubai-based organisation Artscraft Visakhapatnam artist Srinivasa Rao Kanumuri’s latest work Vignaharta marks his foray into mythology, reinterpretation of an ideology and episodes from […]
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