Ethnic hand-stitched and hand-dyed fabrics continue to pique interior design interest, whether it’s vintage quilts like those on exhibit at the Indiana State Museum, resist-dyed ikats from Bali, ...

Wed Mar 19, 2025 03:02 PM Last update on: Thu Mar 20, 2025 02:16 PM In a world driven by rapid industrialisation and mass production, the quiet persistence of handcrafted traditions stands as proof of ...

With #vocalforlocal in the buzz these days, it's great to witness the revival of handloom crafts to not only represent Indian craftsmanship on the global platform but also draw support to millions of ...

At first glance, the textiles in the ‘Threads that Bind’ exhibition look like art pieces meant for the wall—vivid surfaces of stitched colour and layered fabrics, with lines that seem almost painterly ...

India has always been a land of jackets, whether it is the sherwani, bandhgala or the Nehru jacket. Now, designer Payal Jaggi gives them a twist with kantha fabric and a new revival story. Jaggi ...

In Chennai, a quiet conversation unfolds between cloth and memory. Textile entrepreneur Darshan Mekani Shah’s upcoming exhibition with Silkworm Boutique brings together shibori and kantha — two ...