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Rabari embroidered shawls
Beautiful colour and texture in these thickly embroidered traditional hand-made Rabari wedding shawls.
The Rabari people are a colourful vibrant and confident people, and their work here really reflects their natures. These shawls represent months of labour. Every step of the process is done slowly and painstakingly by hand...from the shearing of the sheep to the spinning, weaving, dyeing and embroidery...the pieces are adorned with all sorts of things:- sequins,buttons,ribbon,rick-rack, and tiny pieces of broken mirror whose purpose is to deflect the evil eye.
Having such a rich source of colour, pattern and texture to roam over with my senses is deeply nourishing to my soul...I love to imagine the women working together singing their songs of love,family,grief & heartbreak to the desert who absorbs and deflects their pains...thats one of the most wonderful thing about owning such pieces of living history...gradually you come to understand the cursive of the embroidery, and bit by bit the piece gives up its narrative and it feeds you. Too amazing.
Rabari embroidered shawls
Beautiful colour and texture in these thickly embroidered traditional hand-made Rabari wedding shawls.
The Rabari people are a colourful vibrant and confident people, and their work here really reflects their natures. These shawls represent months of labour. Every step of the process is done slowly and painstakingly by hand...from the shearing of the sheep to the spinning, weaving, dyeing and embroidery...the pieces are adorned with all sorts of things:- sequins,buttons,ribbon,rick-rack, and tiny pieces of broken mirror whose purpose is to deflect the evil eye.
Having such a rich source of colour, pattern and texture to roam over with my senses is deeply nourishing to my soul...I love to imagine the women working together singing their songs of love,family,grief & heartbreak to the desert who absorbs and deflects their pains...thats one of the most wonderful thing about owning such pieces of living history...gradually you come to understand the cursive of the embroidery, and bit by bit the piece gives up its narrative and it feeds you. Too amazing.