We find pleasure in cloth, held next to our skin, wrapped around us. Under a coat or over your shoulders, a shawl is so simple—a rectangle of cloth—yet it is the very idea of comfort.

A shawl is like a woven embrace — the perfect gift. 

These Bandhani masterworks have an incredible texture. The result of thousands of knots tied on the cloth before it is dyed. After dyeing, the cloth retains a memory of the resist thread - it takes on a sculptural form unlike anything else. 

Each dot is the result of creating a tiny peak in the cloth and then tightly wrapping thread around the peak to resist the dye. Artisans work with precision as they slowly pattern the entire cloth — a lengthy process with an exquisite outcome.

Maiwa works directly with bandhani artisans working in the Kachchh Desert of Gujarat, Western India.