BLOCK PRINTING
With a deep family history of masterful printing since the 1500's, the sustainable and ethical tradition of block printing is kept alive at this special printing workshop located in the...
Handloom Pedal Weaving
In a small village in Gujarat, Western India, we partner with family-run weavers. There are about 50-60 village weavers and they handloom our cotton textiles that are used for our...
Natural Dyeing
In a small vibrant village full of markets, storefronts and colorful buildings, we partner with a small family-run natural dyeing facility. Located on the first level of the owner's home,...
Himalayan Wool Weaving
In a Himalayan mountainside village in Northern India where weaving has been practiced for over 5,000 years, we collaborated with a unique handloom weaving cooperative that was established in 1944....
Ancient Craft of Ikat
Ikat is a traditional ancient dyeing and weaving technique used to create patterned textiles. Images thought to represent ikat can be seen in Indian cave paintings created in the 7th century. The origins of the...
Wood Block Printing
Wood block printing is a traditional printing method using hard-carved wood blocks that are dipped into ink and pressed onto cloth. We work with different block printing workshops depending upon the...
The Art of Potai
We used a process called Potai, a technique of dyeing in which the dye is painted directly onto the fabric with visible brushstrokes. The black color is from Natural Kasim...
Printing with Leaves
To celebrate autumn, we explored a unique type of printing with leaves. The multi-layered pattern that resulted is created using four different leaves. They are: Blue leaf (Adhatoda Vasica), Red leaf (Hibiscus),...