Weaving with Compassion: The Rikhyas of Kutch
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Author: Meera Goradia
"Weaving with Compassion" offers insight into the life and work of the Meghwal weavers of Kutch – the source of their creativity and the spiritual wisdom that moors them to their craft. Drawing on interviews with weavers, their reflections on their craft and labour as well as photographs, the book documents a century of historical change. Equally, it calls attention to how the weavers have relied on their imagination and spirit of community to sustain their sense of craft and beauty.
ISBN 9789390037650. Tara Books. hb. 120 pages. 24 x 17 cm.
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"Weaving with Compassion" offers insight into the life and work of the Meghwal weavers of Kutch – the source of their creativity and the spiritual wisdom that moors them to their craft. Drawing on interviews with weavers, their reflections on their craft and labour as well as photographs, the book documents a century of historical change. Equally, it calls attention to how the weavers have relied on their imagination and spirit of community to sustain their sense of craft and beauty.
ISBN 9789390037650. Tara Books. hb. 120 pages. 24 x 17 cm.
available