Jabbar and Adam Khatri carefully place a block on a new masterpiece.

Friday September 13th was the Five Artisans Exhibition at Maiwa East. The exhibition was up for one night only. On display were recently created masterworks by all five artisans: Ajrakh block printers Jabbar and Adam Khatri, weaver by Shamji Vishram Vankar and bandhani tied resist by Jabbar and Abdullah Khatri. In addition to the display of masterworks there were demonstrations in the techniques used by all the craftspeople present.

Shamji Vishram Vankar demonstrates weaving technique on the custom built portable looms that arrived for his workshop.

Jabbar and Abdullah Khatri introduce a bandhani piece before removing the resist threads.