Daily Art Fix – Kinnaur Weaving
Click to view more images of this recently woven shawl from Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India. Daily Art Fix – Kinnaur Weaving July 2015 textile art, himachal weaving, himachal textile, India … Continue reading
Karakalpak Motifs – Art in Geometry
Sometimes it is enough to just enjoy the visual without knowing the meaning… View the complete piece and other images here on wovensouls,com … Continue reading
Old Age Alone is not Enough to be Attractive
Old age alone is not enough to be attractive. And conversely youth alone is not enough to be rejected. *** “I want to be different” she said. In a village … Continue reading
Daily Art Fix – A Thousand Stars in a Black Sky
Click to see more images of this gorgeous Kohistani shawl Daily Art Fix – A Thousand Stars in a Black Sky jm June 2015
Daily Art Fix – Colors of Anatolia
I have been dreaming about the border of this fragment of 2 halves of this 19th century kilim ever since I laid eyes on it! So much … Continue reading
Daily Art Fix
Motifs from the 16th century Usak Carpet From the Museum of Turkish & Islamic Art, Istanbul Jm June 2015
Sunwash for the Wool Artworks
Flooding them with rays of the complete solar spectrum including ultraviolet & infrared spectrum that the micro-residents of wool-land finf fatal! Today it is the turn of the beloved old … Continue reading
Daily Art Fix – Tribal Silver with Blue Green Enamel
from the wovensouls collection jm May 2015
Thai Paintings – Mediums of Mythology
Art of art’s sake is the rage of the day! Paintings of red dots on orange backgrounds fetch 6 figure prices and no one really seems to know why! I … 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
DAILY ART FIX – Gujarat Embroidery
RUSTIC TRIBAL EMBROIDERY WITH GORGEOUS NATURAL COLORS ON COARSE HAND SPUN COTTON! JM. .
Daggers in the Heart – Textile Art to die for!
The Ain-i Akbari manuscript, a part of the Akbarnama volumes written by Abu’l-Fazl in 1621 documents various weapons used in the Mughal era. Among the weapons described is the Jamdhar … Continue reading
DAILY ART FIX – Wall Decor Ideas
Thirma Bagh Phulkari from the early-mid 1800s used as a centre piece in the contemporary minimalistic living room! View more photos of this rare & fantastic textile here jm Jan … Continue reading
DAILY ART FIX – Gujarat Textile Art
Vintage “Chakla / Chaakda” Wall artwork in the form of cotton embroidery. From Gujarat, India. [VTI-719 on the wovensouls website. ] jm Jan 2015
Loin Cloths – Art in Frugality
It appears to me from media, from the TV shows, films and music, especially those from Hollywood & Bollywood, that the world today is obsessed and preoccupied with matters of … Continue reading
Daily Art Fix – Home Decor 4
Ideas for Interior Wall Art Decor Decorating with an Heirloom Perak Headdress from Ladakh. To view Peraks visit the Jewelry Gallery of wovenouls.com jm Dec 2014
Textile Ethnography – Markers of Migration
The inevitable outcome of passion – if one can afford it – is heavy expenditure. I mean expenditure of the most scarce resource i.e. “time”. In my case, much of … Continue reading
AN ARTWORK A DAY – Antique Vietnam Beaded Weaving
Antique Vietnam Sapa Beaded Woven Textile Skirt
AN ARTWORK A DAY – Rustic Theli from Gujarat
To be added on wovensouls.com soon
AN ARTWORK A DAY – A Peacock Strolls to the Flower Patch
Antique Textile from Gujarat
Art from the Swat Valley – an external article
Recommended reading on Swat Valley: Link to An article by Doris Srinivasan To view textile artworks from Swat & around please click on this link.
