Handloom Pedal Weaving
In a small village in Gujarat, Western India, we partner with family-run weavers. There are about 50-60 village weavers and they handloom our cotton textiles that are used for our...
Wood Block Printing
Wood block printing is a traditional printing method using hard-carved wood blocks that are dipped into ink and pressed onto cloth. We work with different block printing workshops depending upon the...
Chikankari Embroidery
An ancient special art form called Chikankari Embroidery creates intricate hand embroidered designs. Believed to be more than four centuries old, the technique was created during an empiric period where embellishing...
Yak Wool Origins
We are committed to sourcing the highest quality materials and yak is one of the most precious types of wool in the world. We traveled to the source to meet...
Himalayan Wool Weaving
In a Himalayan mountainside village in Northern India where weaving has been practiced for over 5,000 years, we collaborated with a unique handloom weaving cooperative that was established in 1944....
The Art of Potai
We used a process called Potai, a technique of dyeing in which the dye is painted directly onto the fabric with visible brushstrokes. The black color is from Natural Kasim...
Ancient Craft of Ikat
Ikat is a traditional ancient dyeing and weaving technique used to create patterned textiles. Images thought to represent ikat can be seen in Indian cave paintings created in the 7th century. The origins of the...