Ami Shroff, the daughter of the grand old lady of Kutch Chandaben Shroff, talks about their Mumbai exhibition and Kutch embroidery in general. There’s a magically real quality about hand-crafted ...

Narendra Sejpal can read fabrics. The second-generation owner of Gurjar Kutir Udyog, the only store in Mumbai that sells true Kutchi embroidery around the year, can touch an antique fabric and ...

Kutch embroidery, a centuries-old ethnic craft from Gujarat’s Kutch region, is recognisable by its nature-inspired motifs, geometric patterns, and the sparkling mirrors known as abhla. Practised ...

Fonded 47 years ago by the late Chanda Shroff, Bhuj-based NGO Shrujan Trust has helped revive the skill of making the authentic and unique, hand-embroidered products by local artisans. This weekend, ...

In the IT hub of India, Bengaluru, a young professional has resolutely put away her smartphone and laptop, and picked up an embroidery hoop, needle and thread. She is making a gift for a friend. “My ...

BENGALURU: In Kutch embroidery, each work speaks of its craftsperson’s life. “Each product is an expression of self and status,” says Amy Shroff, director of Shrujan, an NGO which helps women artisans ...

Judy Frater from the US and Lorna Tresidder from the UK have worked for 40 years in Kutch, conserving the region's crafts. Judy Frater from the US and Lorna Tresidder from the UK have worked for 40 ...

The rise of Pabiben Rabari as one of India’s foremost artisan entrepreneurs and an eponymous global brand can be traced back to its humble beginnings in a small village in Kutch. Available in places ...

In Kutch, embroidery is a marker of different tribes, and the techniques are passed on from one generation to the next. At Shrujan, sample the different embroideries — ahir, aari and suf, among other ...

The three daughters of Bhasarbhai Bhura, a Hindu Meghwal family from Banni. The girls are married to three brothers and now live in Nava Vas in Pachcham. Photo: Courtesy Shifting Sands Way back in the ...