Bhujodi Weaving

Maiwa has been working with an exceptional family of Bhujodi weavers for many years. The entire family is talented. Their work was featured in our weaving documentary: Tana Bana: Wisdom of the Loom (released in 2005). In 2011, One of the sons, Shamji Vankar, participated in the Maiwa Masterclass held in Bengal, and in 2019 he taught at the Maiwa School of Textiles in Vancouver Canada.

The Vankar family has continuously pushed for natural dye and natural indigo use. Today they have gone beyond their traditional palette and have expanded to an  entirely new range of natural colours which they dye themselves. The weaving is also masterfully executed and is some of the most skilled construction being done anywhere in the world. Read more about the Bhujodi Weavers here.

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