Bhujodi Cotton Saree

Description

About The Artisan: Vankar Hitesh Dayalal started working at the young age of 16 years. At that time he was working with his uncle who already had an established business. In 2011, he did a design course from Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya and continued working with his uncle to understand and learn how one runs a business. Once he was confident enough, he started with his own business 3 years back. He works with 5 men for production and 8 women with finishing the products. Vankar Hitesh Dayalal delves into handloom, tussar silk, cotton, kala cotton, natural dyes and makes the following products: shawl, stole, dupatta, saree, and open fabric.
About The Craft: The specialty of the Kutch weaving tradition is the hand insertion of ornamental supplementary wefts, almost like embroidery. Patterns are inlaid into the handwoven plain weave cloth. Kutch weaving incorporates distinctive traditional motifs and colours in medium to heavyweight textiles in a manner that exceeds aesthetic appeal.