Oct 18 2021 to Oct 18 2021 6:30 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

For centuries, patola, a double-ikat silk textile from peninsular India, has been traded to Indochina, Indonesia and perhaps even to East Asia. The glory of patola lies in the fact that no other fabric demands such painstaking planning for the design, the skill required to tie the warp and weft yarns, the dying of the colours and the time-consuming weaving for its complex motifs. The resulting fabric is unparalleled in its perfection. “The elements of the pattern in both yarn systems align with each other to produce the motifs in full sharpness (and not in half-tone as is often the case with the ikats of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh).” Today, only a handful of weavers remain who practice this style.

In this session, textile revivalist Bela Shanghvi, in conversation with Chandra Jain and Yashodhara Shroff, will speak about the significance ​of the Patola of Patan, and the efforts to sustain one of India’s most complex weaving traditions.