Through tapestries of fringed strips of fabric, Abdoulaye Konaté explores the contemporary relevance of ancient signs and ...

Small and simple, the circle is made up of 25 embroidered dots, takes nine minutes and 37 seconds to make and uses 9.3 metres of thread. This circle, called ‘Tambourine', is one of the most ...

Its an old saying which somewhere goes like this that artist are the people who bring life in a non-living thing. The art itself deals with an unusual business, that makes things not only affordable ...

Glitch art resonates with the increasingly complex love-hate relationship humans have with technology. Errors, and by extension the changes, that can occur within software source code and data can ...

Every garment has a story to tell. Pose the right questions, and it will reveal the political mood, socio-economic conditions and the very zeitgeist of its period and place of origin. New Traditions: ...

The talk by architect-designer Edric Ong on ‘Iban Textiles of Malaysian Borneo: the Indian connection’ at Apparao Galleries was insightful for the fact that he tried to draw the similarities in the ...

In a country rich in traditional textiles, motifs and crafts, it’s a tragedy that little has been done to document their histories, relevance and the role they play in the lives of those who create ...

Two years ago Zaheer Abbas showed his design collection called ‘Ajrakistan’ at the Sindh Cultural Festival in Karachi. The ajrak fabric was tweaked into skirts, hot pants, tunics and even statement ...

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Delve into the captivating narratives of textile art, ethnic tales and exceptional craftsmanship with the upcoming Ikat 2.0, an experiential pop-up integrating heritage textiles with an interactive ...