Nila House, textile exhibition: Healing & Meditative Fabric- Highlighted

15 March 2022, Mumbai:

NILA Jaipur

The space in the heart of Jaipur, that often hosts workshops, will exhibit the installation as a patchwork of individual, 15-inch textile squares handmade by over 200 artisans across Rajasthan, with contributions from students, craft enthusiasts and experts who use a range of textile craft traditions.

Last week, in the Pink City of Jaipur, Nila House – a dedicated spot for indigo and its indigenous use across home decor, fashion and textile by Carole Bamford, opened an exhibition titled ‘Stories of Healing in Cloth’.

Led by Dia Mehta Bhupal, Neha Modi, Nila and Sana Rezwan, the exhibition spotlights how the meditative and creative expression of art and craft carry the experience of our generation.

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The space in the heart of Jaipur, that often hosts workshops, will exhibit the installation as a patchwork of individual, 15-inch textile squares handmade by over 200 artisans across Rajasthan, with contributions from students, craft enthusiasts and experts who use a range of textile craft traditions. 

The final artwork will carry Rajasthan’s iconic, heritage crafts of hand block printing, dhabu mud-resist printing, kantha and tagai stitch, appliqué and ralli embroidery, leheriya and natural indigo dyeing.

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CREDITS: Nila Jaipur Vogue News Fakts (The news article has not been edited by DFU Publications staff).