We work with techniques that leave something of the person making them behind.
Why Indian handcraft
These pieces take time. The cloth moves through several hands, each stage adding something of its own — a deeper print here, a slightly different stitch there. We like that the process leaves room for those differences. It is what keeps the making visible, and the finished piece feeling like it came from somewhere real.
Our pieces are made in Jaipur by people who know these techniques through years of practice. We work directly with the workshops, choosing prints, developing shapes and making in small runs so the craft and the finished piece can be considered together.
The making may be meticulous; living with the finished piece should feel easy.
Hand block printing
One block, one colour, one impression at a time.
Hand block printing starts with the block itself, carved from seasoned wood. Each colour in a design needs its own block, sometimes several for a single print.
At the printing table, the printer places each impression by eye, lining it up against the one before it and repeating the process across the length of the cloth. One colour is completed before the next begins.
Look closely at a finished piece and you may see where an impression landed a little deeper, where two colours meet slightly differently, or where the placement shifts by a fraction. That variation is the point.
We use hand block printing because it gives the cloth something uniform printing cannot, and because it makes small runs sensible. Thirty pieces can be made without pretending they need to become three thousand.
Kantha and hand quilting
The stitch that gives it shape.
Once the fabric is printed, many of our pieces are quilted to give them softness, structure and a little warmth.
The stitch lines are worked across layers of cloth, following the construction of the piece — fine channels on some jackets and bags, different quilting patterns on others. It is this stitching that lets a tote stand without becoming rigid, gives a pouch enough body to protect what is inside, and adds warmth to a jacket without making it bulky.
Because the work is done individually, the lines will never be mechanically identical from one piece to the next. Look closely and you may spot a tiny shift in spacing or tension.
We like that. Perfectly uniform quilting is easy to manufacture. Keeping the hand visible takes more time.
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It starts with the print
We begin with the cloth: colour, motif and the carved blocks that will make it.
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One colour at a time
Each colour is printed separately, one wooden block and one impression at a time.
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Cut to shape
The printed fabric is cut to the shape and proportions developed for the collection.
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Then comes the stitch
Layers are stitched together to add softness, structure and warmth where the piece needs it.
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The finishing touches
Pockets, trims, linings, handles, buttons or zips are added before each piece is finished and checked.
