Among the remains of one of the most ancient civilizations, at the Indus Valley site at Dholavira, Gujarat, were pieces of earthen ware, surviving in their original form for five thousand years.
As per Hindu belief the human body is composed of five natural elements, one of them being earth, and we humans always like to [...]
It is not just kaleidoscopic embroideries that Gujarat is so famous for; it is also the home of wonderful weaves that combine impressive skill and generations of expertise, with the result of pure aesthetic joy. Reaffirming that appearances are deceptive, the spectacular Mashru has the appearance of glistening silk that conceals the soothing feel of [...]
Like the patter of raindrops on the window, like the beat of gentle drums, a rhythmic, repetitive pattern spreading across fabric like a web of motifs… Such is the marvel of a fabric, hand printed by a block that creates identical patterns, seamlessly merging into each other so gently, one cannot follow where the pattern [...]
Sitting under a banyan tree on a clear summer afternoon, daydreaming lazily, a vine found its way into a pair of idle hands and was twisted and turned into a twine… No one knows how the rope was first made by man, but it has been used since prehistoric ages. From building of the colossal [...]
