Titled Safed, a textile installation aims to focus on textures and take away the element of colour. Some of these workshops had loose white fabric hung for natural bleaching, and I wanted to translate this experience for the viewers.” She adds that a common string in most textile crafts of India is the white fabric, and the colour for her stands for purity and unity. Though she admits that it isn’t possible to visually showcase all Indian crafts in white, for instance kalamkari, but most weaves, embroideries and some prints can be. Goyal says, “So far we have documented seven crafts, however, I will be travelling to Kutch and other textile regions to document more. There are more white fabrics being added to the Safed material library as well.

Source: Indian Express May 02, 2019 18:51 UTC