In collaboration with Moon River Designs, one of India’s premier design stores featuring the best of world design, showcasing products that combine traditional skills with a modern aesthetic and a passionate commitment to empower world craft.
Celebrate the Mughal Arts where artisans will be on hand to demonstrate and sell their work. Gain insight into the creative process from the artisans themselves.
Feb 16-17th: BLOCK PRINTING by Deepak Kumar Chhipa
Traditional mughal motifs of flowering vines are carved into wooden blocks, so that the pattern protrudes from the block's surface. These blocks are then coated with ink, and pressed firmly onto cloth, originally used to create costumes for the crown.
Feb 16-17th: ZARDOZI EMBROIDERY by Mohammad Shamim
Zardozi is imperial metallic embroidery. It has it’s own relevance in history as the costume of royalty. Zardozi embroidery is rich with intricately woven patterns in gold and silver studded with seed pearls and precious stones enhanced the shimmering beauty of silk, velvet and brocade.
Feb 23-24th: KUNDAN JEWELRY by Lalit Kumar Soni
A method of gem setting in jewelry, by inserting gold foil between the stones and its mount. It flourished in greatly in the Mughal era as it received royal patronage with the most intricate form of Indian Gem Stone, and is the oldest form of jewelry made and worn in India, still in use.
