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Manjeera March 9, ON THIS DAY Luxury in clothes to me has no meaning. It belongs to the past. My problem is not rich embroidery, useless lavishness – it is to harmoniously resolve function problems – just like the engineer who designs a plane, like the man who conceives a car. There is no real […]
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As part of a series on textile murals, Abir Pothi conducted an email interview with acclaimed artist Shelly Jyoti and gained many insights into the world of textile art as well as her practice. Below are the in-depth answers that we got in response to our questions. What draws you to textiles in particular?
A critique of motifs found in African batik provides a fascinating glimpse into cultural mores of Ghana, providing the much needed perspective that art tends to generate Heritage folk art observers from India note that the textile craft of ‘batik’ has been relevant in our country for at least the past 2,000 years, traced way