Weaving, Dreaming, Making:
A walk to discover Indian textiles
Curated and guided by The Design Project India / Mayank Mansingh Kaul
Presented in collaboration with 1100 Walks
Places Visited
AKAARO, Lado Sarai – www.facebook.com/akaaro
Gaurav Jai Gupta, proprietor of Akaaro Studio and a leading Indian textile designer will give a guided tour of the studio which has in-house weaving looms. Learn about various weaving techniques and varieties of fabrics.
TALIANNA Studios, Lado Sarai – http://www.peterdascoli.com/
Peter D’Ascoli, proprieter of Talianna Studios, is a New York and New Delhi-based textile designer specialising in print design. He will walk guests through the different stages of the development of print design.
SANSKRITI TEXTILE MUSEUM, Anandgram – http://www.sanskritifoundation.org/
The textile museum at Sanskriti Kendra is a personal collection of a range of traditional Indian textiles – from Phulkari, Ikats to Indian brocades. Guests will be given an over-arching view of textiles from different Indian regions, along with the socio-cultural contexts of their manufacture and development.
KRISHNA AT CHAUPAL, Hauz Khas Village
A visit to a gallery dealing with antique textiles, will involve a talk on a range of textiles from Asian regions like Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India by seeing actual specimens. Guests will get a chance to see the growth of a particular genre of textiles like the Kalamkari, over centuries, and understand the evolution of styles and stylistic designs.
Duration: 6 hours
Mode of Commuting: Wheels
Meeting Point: Customized
Timings: Customized
Note: Places visited may change depending upon availability of our resource people.
Images (click to enlarge)
19th century Gujarat Patola
Pink dress with embroidery, Crafts Museum, New Delhi
17th century Kalamkari hanging – Brooklyn Museum
Talliana Studios, courtesy blog.taramaydesign.com
