1000 Indian Textile Artists

1000 Indian Textile Artists Showcasing some incredible Indian Textile Artists, aspire to create a pan India directory

07/18/2023

We have a very special treat planned for this page on Friday as we meet with the keeper of the Kanjeevaram Legacy, B Krishnamoorthy, a National award-winning master weaver, who has created a repository of Kanjeevaram patterns, designs and motifs.
Watch him give us a crash course in everything Kanjeevaram - what is a classical Kanjivaram, what is korvai? what is petni? what are the traditional motifs? what are the traditional borders? Learn from a genuine master. You would not want to miss this as you will have an interaction with the most genuine authentic source of Kanjeevaram knowledge.
Mr Krishnamoorthy is a self-made archivist and educationist, he weaves up many reference catalogues. The design notebooks of this National Award winner are filled with drawings, over ten thousand of them, of parrots and peacocks, an army of elephants and horses; stunning variations of coins, lines, leaves and flowers; and the mythical yali—part lion, part elephant, part horse.
Organized with Tapan Sharma from the Weavers Service Center and Meenu Iyer
Text from https://www.freepressjournal.in/.../the-man-who-drew-ten...

Artist 7/1000: Saleem Akhtar Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Saleem Akhtar’s family has been in the weaving profession for gener...
07/16/2023

Artist 7/1000: Saleem Akhtar
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Saleem Akhtar’s family has been in the weaving profession for generations and as the oldest of 5 brothers he heads his family business. He has taken the responsibility of growing the business and connecting with potential buyers, his youngest brother is a qualified fashion designer. He specializes in making pure katan silk kadhau jangla and bootidar sarees. He can also weave using chiffon, georgette, tussar silk and pure zari on order.
His contact details are
N15/138-1,
Chhai Bajardiha Near Almahmood Hospital, Varanasi, 221106
Mobile Number 9044369337

Pradesh

Artist 6/1000: Lubna Mirza/ Ahsan Mirza, Shawl StoryNajibabad, Uttar Pradesh Shawlstory is a luxury clothing brand, foun...
07/16/2023

Artist 6/1000: Lubna Mirza/ Ahsan Mirza, Shawl Story
Najibabad, Uttar Pradesh

Shawlstory is a luxury clothing brand, founded by Ms. Lubna Mirza, which is committed to slow fashion and powered by the “Rafoogar” community of artisans from Najibabad. They are the descendants of Muslim artisans (with Persian origins) who migrated to Kashmir with the Mughals and later settled in the Gangetic plains.

Starting out as restorers of magnificent Kashmiri shawls, the Rafoogars have progressed over the years.

Mr. Ahsan Mirza, Lubna’s father-in-law, is an award-winning craftsman who inherited this heritage from his maternal uncles. Together with the community of artisans, they restore Kashmiri Jamewar shawls and other textiles.
Lubna Mirza is a graduate in Mass Communication who carved her niche in customer relationships while working for HCL but one who always had an interest in handcrafted artifacts, soon found her calling in carrying forwarding her in-laws’ 240 years old family heirlooms of restoring and refurbishing ancient kashmiri kani Jamawars and other shawls in Najibabad.

But she wanted the craft to speak for itself through a brand that positions Najibabad on the global supply chain of contemporary lifestyle and empowers her Rafoogar community's artisans! Thus, Shawl Story came into being.
Her success mantra is a combination of “Preserve & Progress”.

instagram: theshawlstory

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Artist 5/1000: Bharat Vershi Jepar, Kutch, Gujarat Bharat is a young graduate from the Somaiya Kala Vidya course in desi...
07/16/2023

Artist 5/1000: Bharat Vershi Jepar, Kutch, Gujarat

Bharat is a young graduate from the Somaiya Kala Vidya course in design where he graduated with the award for Most Promising Artisan.
A weaver since he was 14, he joined the tradition his family had left for two generations.
He created the brand Thread View

Address: Village Mota Varnora
Post Office Chapredi
Tal Bhuj Kutch
Gujarat
Pin 370105
Email [email protected]
Instagram: thread_view

Artist 4/1000: Tariq Ahmad Mir, Special Hands of Kashmir, Sozni Tariq Ahmad Mir is an award winning Sozni artist with ...
07/16/2023

Artist 4/1000: Tariq Ahmad Mir, Special Hands of Kashmir, Sozni

Tariq Ahmad Mir is an award winning Sozni artist with 20 years of experience. He is handicapped with 90% disability, and is highly educated with a post graduate degree, Bachelors in education and is also NET qualified. He has participated in more than 40 exhibitions . He started a group of artisans called Special Hands of Kashmir in 2010.
Special Hands of Kashmir is a pioneering and path breaking enterprise that creates livelihood through skills with Special focus on persons with disabilities. They work on equal pay for equal work. He has won awards like the 2019 Young leadership award by State government, Mindtree Helen Keller awards 2021 , Fair trade fellowship 2019.

Instagram: Special Hands of Kashmir.
Address: Main Road ,Gotapora Budgam, Badgam, India, Jammu and Kashmir

Artist 3/1000: Sanjay Manubhai Chitara Mata ni Pachedi, Ahmedabad Gujarat Sanjay Chitara is a national award winning ar...
07/16/2023

Artist 3/1000: Sanjay Manubhai Chitara
Mata ni Pachedi, Ahmedabad Gujarat
Sanjay Chitara is a national award winning artist from Ahmedabad. He specializes in the Mata Ni Pachedi tradition and belongs to the traditional Chitara community. Mata ni Pachedi is a devotional art that was used to form a temple by the nomadic Vaghari tribe who were disbarred from entering the traditional temples. Chitara artists work with kalams (pens) made out of sticks, use natural pigments, and dye in a complex process in flowing river water.
Sanjay has innovated with colors, stories and style. He is actively training the next generation of his family.

The Government of India honoured Sanjay with a National award in 2000. He won the State Award in 1999

Phone number: 9824671302
13 Block2 Vibhavari Society
Opp. Dena Bank,
Jivrajpark,
Vejalpur Road
Ahmedabad, 380051

pachedi

Artist 2/1000: Majid Mir Kani Weaving, Kashmir Majid Mir comes from a family that has been associated with the painstaki...
07/15/2023

Artist 2/1000: Majid Mir
Kani Weaving, Kashmir
Majid Mir comes from a family that has been associated with the painstaking Kani weaving tradition for centuries. Majid brought in innovation in the craft by combining the artistic traditions of Kani weaving and calligraphy.
"My brother and I initiated calligraphy weaving in Pashmina. It all started when we visited the National Museum in New Delhi where we were exposed to the references. We liked it and that got us to experiment with calligraphy which was built across as an innovative technique. Our forefathers taught us basic weaving techniques as they used to only do plain weaving and dress materials. Developing calligraphy was considered one of the toughest techniques in the world but over a period of time, we gained great insight doing ‘hands on’ and developed many complex variations of calligraphy weaving, especially Urdu calligraphy. We can now weave any font using this technique. We have also revived many old techniques of Pashmina"
Kani weaving is done with small spindles and is a very intricate craft that requires a lot of patience and mastery. A pashmina Kani weaving shawls is one of the toughest weaving traditions in the world and a shawl takes months or years to weave.
The Government of India honoured Majid with a National award in 2010. He won the State Award in 2004 and a Gold medal for excellence in Arts and Crafts in 2014.

Majid Mir Phone +91 9906644999
Instagram - Majid's.
17-B Lane No-6 Pamposh
Colony, Natipora, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Email: [email protected]

Text credit: https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2019/oct/13/national-award-winner-majid-ahmad-mir-sets-new-milestones-in-pashmina-weaving-2046722.html

Artist 1/1000: Malavika-Neogi ChatterjeeChikankari, Uttar Pradesh Malavika has been associated with the craft of chikank...
07/15/2023

Artist 1/1000: Malavika-Neogi Chatterjee
Chikankari, Uttar Pradesh

Malavika has been associated with the craft of chikankari for almost 3 decades. She has been awarded the UNESCO Seal of Excellence (2012) for chikankari and the WCC Award of Excellence in 2014 and has represented the country in international craft forums. Her products have been exhibited at the International Folk Art Exhibition, Santa Fe by the Crafts Council of India.

#1000 MastersI have a vision of having an open source pan India directory available to everyone of India's textile arti...
07/15/2023

#1000 Masters
I have a vision of having an open source pan India directory available to everyone of India's textile artists with a view that people can associate the artist with their work, give a face to the artist and also to facilitate more work for the artists.
This is a personal passion project of mine and I would love any help I can get on it.
You can help in multiple ways
1. Volunteer to collect and verify artists profiles
2. Help with social media posts highlighting the artists
3. Sending in nominations of artists you know
4. Nominating yourself as an artist to be profiled.
The details I need are
1. Artist name, contact details and photograph
2. Artist social media profile if any
3. Brief writeup ( not more than 250 words) of their specialization
6-8 samples of the artist's work
4. Any commendations the artist has got so far. We want to widen the net and not just look at the artists that have won awards

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