Tangaliya: beaded wonder
The bead-like dots that mark the Tangaliya weave are a painstaking process that involves wool yarn and twists....
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Gujarat’s culture of ornamentation
The culture of ornamentation in Gujarat, which shows in its textiles also....
Gujarat: a land of astonishing diversity
What is it about Gujarat that makes the state so diverse with respect to textile styles and techniques?...
Welcome to the Gujarat Edition
The weaves of Gujarat take many forms. Ranging from the block prints of ajrakh to the tie-dye bandini work to the double ikat weaves of...
Khadi in Kanchi
If you think of khadi silk sarees, particularly those woven in Kanchipuram as these ones have, you cannot escape the Kalakshetra connection. Rukmani Devi Arundale...
Before the Weave
We celebrate weavers here. Of course we do. But for all that, there is the space before the weave. The space where threads roll out...
Dyeing Kanchipuram Silk Yarn
Dyeing yarn is done by another group. Srinivasan, a young “distributor” of silk sarees says that in the old days, the weaver did everything, from...
