“art is a step from nature towards the Infinite” – Kahlil Gibran

Since my first step in 2009, years moved by fast, almost, not in a blur! With my backpack, I had set out to find a simple, healthy life on the road. The world opened up like a university of textiles. The ancestry of the textile echoed through generations in oral stories and songs. I felt a sense of balance in their awareness. I started out not knowing much about the world of textiles, but wonders of the traditional mountain wisdom kept me moving. People of the mountains and hills nurtured my curiosity and “not knowing”. Soon, road became home. Journey became the school. Life took a minimalistic turn and wonders kept navigating me. With no permanent base, I kept going deeper exploring the rich heritage of The Himalayas and her foothills. With a world so new, I naturally spiralled into becoming a student of life, a beginner till the end.

|This sari is joined as steadfast stitch of many panels. Each panel highlights the intricate stitching involved in binding textiles of various textures and density together. While retaining the light hearted appeal of the sari, I played with colours of earth, soil and mud, leaves and mulch to pay homage to natural fertility of land.