Ancient weaving techniques, natural dyes and recreations of museum pieces by artisans from across India await you here
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One of the pieces in the textile collection at Museum Of Fine Arts in Boston is a Jamdani saree, gifted by art collector and historian Denman Waldo Ross back in 1927. Created between the 18th and 19th centuries, it features a red-and-gold border of diamond patterns with a central dot (symbolic to peacock’s eye) and temple motifs. This pattern is said to be one of the oldest designs of the Jamdani, which originated in Dhaka, Bangladesh. "It takes four weavers to work on a single saree," says Hyderabad-based crafts revivalist Ghanshyam Sarode, who has recreated the pattern as part of a collection he will showcase at Vastrabharana, a three-day textile fundraiser, which starts this Thursday at Coomaraswamy Hall in Fort.
A takli weave uses zero electricity
Sarode and 33 artisans from across India have been roped in for the exhibition, initiated by Crafts Council of Karnataka. Since this year marks the exhibition’s 25th anniversary, the non-profit is celebrating the milestone by bringing it down to Mumbai for the first time. The exhibits include sarees created using Kimkhwab weave that originated during the Mughal era, pieces made using the takli weave, which uses zero electricity, and sarees by Dwaraka Plus, a society of rural artisans in Andhra Pradesh, who use the 800-year-old Kalamkari (Persian: pen art) technique. The prices start from '3,000. The inauguration will also feature a Kalamkari demo.
FROM: April 13 to 15
TIME: 10 am to 7.30 pm
AT: Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, MG Road, Fort.
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