Inside, 18th- and 19th-century timber and iron looms, some towering over 16 feet tall, clatter furiously in rhythm with tens of thousands of luminous silk threads, weaving warp and weft yarns into ...

The models, created between 2,200 and 2,100 years ago, predate other evidence of pattern looms by several hundred years. Red and brown silk threads still clung to the model looms. The largest ...

Ikat is weaving in which the threads are dyed in patterns before being ... into uniform strands not easily unraveled; then simple looms; then more complicated ones. Complex patterns in both ...

Clad in a dull green sari, Keerthy Suresh’s Savitri in Mahanati sits quietly in a taxi. She listens as the driver speaks of his daughter’s wedding and his mount ...

In a variety of coloured silk threads. Pooja Bhamrah showcases one ... Dutta accessorised her looms with ornamented turbans, like this one modelled by Sucheta Sharma. Modern meets tradition.

“Currently I use only two of the eight looms I have because most of my weavers have abandoned their jobs to do something else,” she said. The government has already introduced measures to counter the ...