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Thanks to Co-President Helen Wergeland for sharing her pictures of the class held July 30 - 31, 2004 at the PNNAG office.
Lachhuben Raja showing Patricia Albiston how
to stitch the mirrors
on cloth in the traditional style. The bodice Lachhuben is wearing is a traditional garment with mirrors and all hand stitched. The class was held at the PNNAG office on July 30 and 31.
Conducted by Lachhuben Raja, Rajabhai Pachan
and Judy Frater of
Kala Raksha Trust. Thirteen students worked for two days before the sale of items brought from India.
Rajabhai Pachan does the machine work and then
the finishing touches
Traditional dress for a ceremony and holding gift of a beaded parrot made by Lachhuben' Mother.
Julie Buck gave Judy Frater this book on Costumes for the library in Kutch. In return Judy Frater gave the PNNAG library her book entitled Threads of Identity: Embroidery and Adornment of the Nomadic Rabaris.
PNNAG Members (students) shopping
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The
Rabari artisans of Kutch, India are part of the Kala Raksha, a social
enterprise working with traditional textile arts in the desert region of
Kutch. Kutch is world renowned for its mirrored embroideries. Most of
these were traditionally stitched by village women for themselves and their
families to create festivity, honor deities, or generate wealth.
Embroideries contributed to the substantial economic exchange required for
marriage and fulfilled other social obligations which required gifts.
Currently, Kala Raksha works with six distinct hand embroidery style: the
Sindh-Kutch regional style of Suyf, Khaarek and paako, and the ethnic styles
of Rabari, Garasia Jat and Mutava. For more information about this type of
embroidery and the Kala Raksha, you can visit their website:
