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Re-Worn: Getting a New life
A weaver sits on his loom patiently weaving ‘Khesh’ – a weaving technique that uses new yarn in the warp and strips slashed off old sarees in the weft. The weaver chooses these strips randomly off a pile sitting next to him; the result is a stunning piece of fabric where the colors of the…
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All That Diwali Jazz…
Just in time for that last-minute setting, between dancing flames of the diyas, the colorful rangolis, the fragrance of flowers and incense sticks, sweet sweets, here are décor ideas to give you an instant Diwali celebration swag. So, are you ready for the biggest and the brightest festival of them all? To make your festive…
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An Uncommon Journey
Design in India permeates everything we do. Its in our clothes, our buildings, our temples, even in the pots and pans we use in the kitchen. In this plentiful land of many seasons and myriad languages, of ancient civilizations and constant influx of new peoples; every material possession has become a canvas for expression. It…
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Koraput – Reviving Odisha’s Timeless Craft
Koraput – rough, coarse to the touch, yet soft on the skin and completely organic. Like a wildflower’s unrefined beauty, Koraput’s elegance lies in its unassumingness and simplicity. Woven for centuries in Kotpad – a dusty little town in Odisha, this fabric is entrenched in Kotpad’s regional identity. Traditionally woven by the Mirgan community, Koraput…
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The Untold Tales of Khesh Weaving
The khesh weaving process is simple. The warp is with new yarn and the weft is with strips of thin cloth obtained by tearing old sarees length wise. Because of the tradition of khesh weaving in Birbhum in the last many years, a market for old sarees has come up in Amodpur, where old sarees…
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Indigo Musings
Since the day Jaypore’s Bagru-printed clothing range got into the studio, this one indigo-dyed, open-fronted cotton jacket from the collection has been the object of a lot of eyeing and trying amongst the office-folk, which is when its capacity for versatility and the idea for this post struck us! So, here are four different looks,…
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Poetry in Print: Jaypore’s Nouveau Take on Traditional Block-Printing
In the Chippa Mohalla (printer’s quarter) in Bagru, Rajasthan, close to the colorful city of Jaipur in western India, groups of artisans are engrossed in a craft that is nearly three centuries old. Working with traditional natural dyes and carved wooden blocks, they create block-prints on fabrics using a style vocabulary borrowed from nature, including…
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Block Printed in Bagru
For a stroll by the lake, to go buy flowers at the neighborhood florist, or to just day dream in… Jaypore’s Natural-Dyed Bagru Printed range of apparel is perfect to live-in! Here are four of our favorite picks, that can be styled with antique silver or gold tones, for elegant conversations under the star-lit sky!…
Storytellers of Wonder 