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Spring Summer 2015
Collection Note
A SONG OF THE WILD
I wake up to a dream of the unknown world
Calling me into its lap
The stories it tells me are the ones I heard from my
grandmother.
I sieve through the sand, the cobble stones of the old city
lanes
Collecting small love from every little pebble.
Falling stars make a wish
I don’t want to end this journey
Flowers bloom
....I can hear the song of the wild
The collection
is an ode to Bohemia...the spirit of travelling and accumulating experiences
that fill our heart and mind
Rabindranath
Tagore’s work has a lasting influence on us and his words
come alive through some of his own handwriting (alternately, retain the word
script prints as you had used originally). The other prints which are part of
this story are those of "the pebbles" which talk about our journeys
and the history of a land ; under the night sky watching the shooting stars, of
idle time under the same sky imagining figures and patterns as you lie face up,
wide eyed, sleeping under the open constellations. These acts of banality, of
the mundane - things that we could do, once, and now, have forgotten, as our
fast city life comes alive. The Moroccan mosaic pattern, the nameless flowers
that grow by the hedge and the patchwork all talk about the stories that are
long forgotten. We bring them alive in this collection as we sing a song of the
wild.
The textures
and the embroideries have a traditional touch with hours of love. Mirror work,
bead work, thread embroideries pleating and the crushing of fabrics are all but
modern yet have a timeless appeal.
The hand woven
Ikats and silks weave an unusual relationship story with chiffons and
georgettes. The layers of various fabrics and patterns come together, albeit in
a nonconformist manner.
The colours are
colours that inspired us in this journey. The beige of mud, khaki of sand, red
of love, blues – the light of water and the deep serene blue of the night sky,
orange of traditions and pinks and mints of blooming wild flowers.
