Crafting a future: stories of Indian textiles and sustainable practices

Shah, Archana

ISBN: 9789391125226, 9391125220

The book is a heartfelt celebration of artisans and their vocational skills. Each region in India has its own distinctive raw materials, craft techniques, textiles, motifs and colour palettes, and through her well-researched narrative enriched with numerous stories, the author demonstrates the diversity and true value of handcrafted textile processes.

Bangladesher tantshilpa: a study on textile traditions of Bangladesh

Akand, Shawon

Text in Bengali.

Traditional handicraft exhibition 2078,

In Hindi.

The cloth of the Mother goddess

Chitara, Jagdish

ISBN: 9788195317370, 8195317375

This textile book tells the story of the origins of Mata-Ni-Pachedi, the ritual `Cloth of the Mother Goddess'. Traditionally created by artisans from the nomadic Vaghari community in Gujarat, these votive cloths offer a painted image of the goddess to herself. Gifting a piece of creation to the creator is considered the highest form of worship. Hand block-printed on textile, this limited-editio...

Pride of Bangladesh: our Nakshikantha,

Nakshikantha art has a history of at least a thousand years. The Bangal delta was home to some of the earliest janapadas or human settlements that grew up in the period between 1,200 BC to 700 AD giving birth to the Ganges Valley Delta civilization. The delta people carried with them a subconscious wealth of mythology, legends and nostalgia. The power of symbols was ever present in their lives....