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Handloom woven and embroidered saree Handloom woven and embroidered saree

Ramanand Basak & Khamabati Karmakar

Dastkari Haat Samiti

Dastkari Haat Samiti
New Delhi, India

A collaboration between the two artisans led to using Rabindranath Tagore’s sketches, accompanied many of his poems. Some were artistic doodles and others had recognizable images. Ramanand Basak wove the images and doodles into his saris and Khamabati embroidered the words of Tagore’s poem in running stitch..The black and white sari with the bold trellis design is from a sketch and poem titled Arogya by Tagore done in 1941. The colours used in the three saris are cream and black, and cream and blue, to invoke the shades of ink on paper.

The black and white sari with the bold trellis design is from a sketch and poem titled Arogya by Tagore done in 1941. The colours used in the three saris are cream and black, and cream and blue, to invoke the shades of ink on paper. The simple lines in the weave echo the lines of a ruled notebook.

Details

  • Title: Handloom woven and embroidered saree Handloom woven and embroidered saree
  • Creator: Ramanand Basak & Khamabati Karmakar
  • Location: West Bengal, India
  • Type: Handloom weaving and embroidery
  • Script: Bengali
  • Project Stage: Craftwork
  • Guide: Jaya Jaitly

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