Wild Lines | Textile Art Drawings
To create art – one must have great imagination & visualisation skills. To create a visual that is wildly different from everything else that existed earlier using basic lines is … Continue reading
Anarchy & Chaos in a Tribal Textile!
Most traditional textiles seem to follow the patterns that are unique to their tribe. These patterns probably began with some seed of an idea and then evolved over generations to … Continue reading
A Yellow to Warm the Heart
A beautiful bag with beautiful colors found in an unexpected little shop! Getting a thorough Solar-cleansing in Goa’s hot sunshine! The back that tells the experts where this was woven. … Continue reading
Buds of Gold
Kerala, Early 19th century Large Jai Buds Necklace that drapes the shoulders, Gold & Rubies. From the unpublished gold collection. view other pieces here. jm feb 2015
Money can buy Happiness #1
This video inspired me. Please watch it before reading ahead. And I decided to follow this example. Today as I left the Calangute Panchayat office after struggling with some electricity-related … Continue reading
Daily Art Fix – Chamba Rumaal with Ramayana Scenes – MET museum collection
18th Century Rumal with Scenes from the Ramayana
Culture & Art Photos – Image Library @ WOVENSOULS.COM
Charity Sale of CULTURE & ART IMAGES for a cause! High Resolution Images of Traditional Art & Culture from over a dozen locations in Asia, including Myanmar, Thailand & North … Continue reading
One more Dream Mansion – Penang
Earlier on a trip to Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, I saw a house that I could so easily live in – Patwaon ki Haveli. A house that – in itself is such … Continue reading
Colonial Ceramic Art – Floor Tiles in Penang
Even the floor beneath our feet can please our souls! The Colonial influence – primarily Dutch & Portugese in these parts that is seen in Goa … Continue reading
A Walk through Penang
Well – not exactly a walk! I rode through Penang in a cycle rickshaw. Driven around by the most entertaining & the most spirited driver I have ever met – … Continue reading
A Valentine’s Motif in Textile Art
KISS OF TWO HEARTS motif in textile art for Valentine’s Day! From the magnificent antique Turban from the Swat Valley Celebrate! View the Swat Valley Gallery on Wovensouls.com here. jm … Continue reading
Quote of the Day or rather Quote of My Life!
“Yeh world hai na world, is mein do tarah ke log hote hai … ek joh saari zindagi ek hi kaam karte rehte hai … aur doosre joh ek hi … Continue reading
The Sea Shell Museum – Viewing the world through the Awe of Another!
Picking up shells along the beach is something we all do. Every shell is unique and they fascinate all of us at least for a few moments. And then we … Continue reading
A Glimpse of Purity at Wat Chalong
This important Buddhist temple in Phuket became far more important when a relic of Gautam Buddha – a bone fragment – was installed in the temple in 2009. On … Continue reading
Shedding Draupadi’s Sari before the Ocean
Yes – these are the true colors of the ocean in Phi Phi island, near Phuket Thailand. Yes I am extremely fortunate to have seen such waters several times in … Continue reading
EXHIBITION: Textile Museum of Canada: Children’s Hats and Clothing from China
“One of the most eloquent textile expressions of China is the embroidery undertaken for the delight and protection of children. This exhibition draws from one of the largest and earliest … Continue reading
Amazing Invisible Warps in the Tribal Textiles of Myanmar!
In trying to understand the tribal weavings of Myanmar, I am reading some notes on the technicalities of weaving. The material that I find on the internet is a complex … Continue reading
Textile Art of Myanmar – Weaving in SOHO
“SOHO” stands for Small Office, Home Office. It is a hybrid apartment for residential and commercial purposes and allows people to work and live in the same house. Although popularised … Continue reading
Daily Art Fix – Huqqa Mat – MET Museum
Huqqa Mat ca. 1800 from the MET museum Click above to view the MET website
The Sale at WOVENSOULS!
Announcing THE Sale at Wovensouls! This is the time for a hard decisions and though I love them all some pieces must leave me as the shelves are overflowing! And … Continue reading
Book Recommendation of the Month – February 2015
This covers the authors own experiences and also summarises the interesting notes of 19th and early 20th century travelers who explored Afghanistan, Mongolia, Arabia and a few more places. Several … Continue reading
