In this post we feature two of the artisans from the Aranya Natural Dye Unit. The Maiwa team touched down in Munnar (in state of Kerala located in the southern tip of India) after our visits to artisans east of Hyderabad, we scheduled some time with Victoria Vijayakumar...

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Kalamkari - printed with natural dyes. As our car gets closer and closer to the ocean our main goal has been to ...

Out in the street a giant brush is used to starch the warps.  The Maiwa team is now in the south of India. Once we ...

Kolkatta - easy to get around and a pleasure to visit. The masterclass if over but we are going to keep giving updates ...

February 2, Day 6 Our last full day. In the dye studio Michel is concluding with one of the most challenging colours – ...

A strip of printing tests. February 1, 2011 Day 5 This is the second-last day of the class. It seems that Bengali time ...

Catharine Ellis (far right) speaks to a group about woven shibori. January 31 Day 4 Today is a special day because ...

Rural Bengal has many charms. One of them is the loudspeaker bicycle man who passes by just before sundown. What is ...