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RAJAN VANKAR
Traditional Kutch Weaving
A 4th generation master weaver from the Sarli village located in the rural Kutch region of India, Rajan Vankar creates beautiful textiles. Vankar began weaving at the early age of nine. He learned weaving techniques by watching his father and grandfather weave in their family’s workshop. Rajan has continued on in his family’s footsteps and continues the 600-year-old tradition of Kutch weaving.
Continuing to hone his craft and master Kutch weaving, Vankar creates a variety of textiles including stools, shawls, and blankets. Each piece incorporates vibrant colors and intricate patterns making each textile a unique work of art. Visit our store to see his collection of work and to support Vankar in his craft.
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TREE OF LIFE ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS
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BHASKAR CHITRAKAR
Kalighat Artist
Depicting everything from the divine to the cheeky, Kalighat painting is a traditional medium that’s ripe for modern insight in the hands of a master artist.
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KIRIT CHITARA
Kalamkari Artist
Exquisitely detailed Gujarati kalamkari painting, still rendered by hand in the tradition of eight generations of master craftsmen.
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SHAMLU DUDEJA & MALIKA VARMA
She Kantha
Kantha, the famed running-stitch embroidery of Eastern India, is taken to new heights of artistry in the hands of SheKantha’s artisans.
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RUPA TRIVEDI
Adiv Pure Nature
Luxurious garments and accessories, created in pursuit of a sustainable fashion supply chain and innovatively using dyed herbs and the floral blessings left at Mumbai temples.
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ANIL VANGAD
Warli Artist
A folk art tradition that carries echoes of the ancient past, Warli rice-paste painting captures the life and traditions of a tribal people.
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SUFIYAN KHATRI
Master Ajrakh Artist
Sufyian Khatri, world class artisan and textile maker, carves his own woodblocks to create intricate and vibrant patterns for his hand-crafted textiles. Khatri’s natural dye block-printing studio is located outside of Bhuj, in the Kutch.
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Rajan Vankar
Traditional Kutch Weaving
A 4th generation master weaver from the Sarli village located in the rural Kutch region of India, Rajan Vankar crafts one-of-a-kind textiles.
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Thilak Reddy
Warli Artist
Thilak Reddy is a talented young artist originally from Kalahasti, Andhra Pradesh, a town along the Coromandel Coast of India that has long been famous for the production of mordant-painted and -dyed textiles, popularly known today as kalamkari (literally “pen work”). The art of kalamkari is a multi-step process of hand-painting natural dyes and mordants onto silk and cotton cloth to create beautiful figurative and vegetal motifs.
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