This limited edition is a new spin on the legendary Jamdani muslin, hand spun and hand woven in Bengal. Once driven to extinction by mechanisation, it is vital to skilled livelihoods. Each design, woven into the weft like embroidery-on-the-loom, explores the infinite potential of artisanal weaving, and is a work of art.
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These contemporary Odishi Pattachitras, portray the lovers Radha and Krishna as narrated in Jayadeva’s twelfth century poem, Gita Govind. They focus on 'rasa' or human emotion. The intricate painting uses natural pigments on tussah silk, and is rooted in religious painting at Jagannatha Puri temple, Odisha.
Go Swadeshi, with ARTISANS' Handloom Edit, the finest hand spun, hand woven textiles of India. "The spinning wheel represents to me the hope of the masses," M K Gandhi.
Ajrakh is the unique cloth of the people of Sindh. In India, the Khatri community who migrated to Gujarat continue this legacy. These revivals are block printed on handspun muslin, in the original colours - natural indigo, madder, and iron black, in a laborious process which can take upto 21 steps over several days.
