GujaratProcessTangaliya: beaded wonderShoba NarayanFebruary 7, 2020February 1, 2021 by Shoba NarayanFebruary 7, 2020February 1, 2021401 1923 The bead-like dots that mark the Tangaliya weave are a painstaking process that involves wool yarn and twists....
GujaratPlacesGujarat’s culture of ornamentationShoba NarayanFebruary 5, 2020February 24, 2020 by Shoba NarayanFebruary 5, 2020February 24, 2020182 1032 The culture of ornamentation in Gujarat, which shows in its textiles also....
GujaratPlacesGujarat: a land of astonishing diversityShoba NarayanFebruary 5, 2020February 1, 2021 by Shoba NarayanFebruary 5, 2020February 1, 2021185 1128 What is it about Gujarat that makes the state so diverse with respect to textile styles and techniques?...
GujaratWelcomeWelcome to the Gujarat EditionShoba NarayanFebruary 5, 2020February 1, 2021 by Shoba NarayanFebruary 5, 2020February 1, 2021204 1266 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...
KhadiPlacesKhadi in KanchiShoba NarayanSeptember 9, 2019March 2, 2020 by Shoba NarayanSeptember 9, 2019March 2, 20200675 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...
KhadiProcessBefore the WeaveShoba NarayanSeptember 9, 2019September 22, 2019 by Shoba NarayanSeptember 9, 2019September 22, 20193 410 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...
KanchipuramProcessDyeing Kanchipuram Silk YarnShoba NarayanFebruary 4, 2019March 5, 2019 by Shoba NarayanFebruary 4, 2019March 5, 20191897 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...