Dor :: Behance

'DOR'- A link between the rural and urban

The project focuses on bridging the gap between urban India, which is influenced by international trends and the rural artisan, who is strongly holding on to the rich traditions and techniques of crafting handmade goods with the help of sensitive and socially responsible craft organizations. The projects aims to bring the craft and stories of some of these artisans to urban audiences, through medium of their exquisitely crafted products that are reinterpreted for the urban market while preserving their essence.

In this project I derived my inspiration from the rocky and arid terrain of Sandur and how the Lambani community is a pop of colour in this landscape. I tried to recreate the rocky nature with Shibori and then embroidered on top of it. Another element that caught my eye was their use of squares and circles in their embroidery and I decided to take that aspect forward. In an attempt to do so I created embroidered parts using only squares and circles and they are embroidered in a way that it creates the illusion of being solid but is hollow hence less time-consuming when you embroider. The collection has been designed in a way that you can multi-style it according to your taste and occasion.