Tuesday, November 11 and Wednesday, November 12, 10 am – 4 pm
Hemangini Rathore
Join us in welcoming Hemangini Rathore back to Textile Center for a special two-day workshop on sustainable surface design using upcycled fabric. Learn strategies for combining different traditional Indian textile techniques of block printing, resist-dyeing, and kantha stitching to create sophisticated textiles by repurposing existing fabric in your stash. Spend the first day working on surface design techniques and exploring how layering color, pattern, and texture can breathe new life into old cloth. On the second day, students have the option to continue with surface design explorations or to learn how to fashion their repurposed fabric into a stylish kaftan. All levels welcome. For students interested in making a kaftan, basic sewing skills are required.
Materials fee $20, payable to instructor at the time of class.
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Instructor Bio:
Hemangini Rathore is founder of Sudarshan, a thriving artist collective that aims to preserve and promote traditional techniques and motifs found in folk textiles from India by creating contemporary designs and products. Through Sudarshan, Hemangini brings together ancient hand-block printing methods and patterns centered around the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan alongside hand-stitching, -weaving, and -dyeing traditions from neighboring states of Gujarat and Jammu-Kashmir. Sudarshan specializes in creating luxurious, contemporary garments and accessories that draw upon the ancient textile traditions of India to ensure that these traditions, and the indigenous artisan communities who make them, continue to survive and thrive. Sudarshan’s work has been featured in the retail spaces of MOMA New York, SF MOMA, the Freer-Sackler Galleries, and the Rubin Museum New York.
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