Bhujodi: Part 4: All in the family
Organic cotton and timeless tradition Chamanlal Premji Siju is a 11th generation weaver. His father, Premjibhai won the Shilp guru award. He now works at...
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Bhujodi: Part 2: The Vankar community
The Vankars (or weavers) of Bhujodi made dhablas or thick shawls for the Rabaris (pastoralists/herders) who wrapped these woolen shawls around themselves to keep the...
Bandhini: Part 4: Magical fingers
Many years ago, a holy man went to a khatri's house, and as the story goes, the sadhu was doing his meditation (jap) and knots...
Ajrakh: Part 4: Khatri family history
The Khatri family is legendary across Kutch. They are craftsmen who are involved with all of the decorative arts including Ajrakh and Bandhini....
Ajrakh: Part 7: Future forms
The future of ajrakh I heard about Khalid Amin Khatri from my friend, Shilpa Sharma. She told me that he was attempting things with Ajrakh...
Patola: Part 3: Imagining the whole saree
These two brothers-- Satish Chandra and Paresh Kumar Salvi-- were the only weavers in Patan who did all the processes by themselves: the tying, dyeing,...
