2. Beginners
• We started off with watching a small
video on basic weaving and then we got
our sun boards, made it into a frame
and just started.
• (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb
tKnvc_9No)
• What I had in my mind was that I
wanted to try every technique that I
saw in the video. I did not have a set
pattern in mind but just went about
exploring, making mistakes, rectifying
them, learning and creating something
spontaneously.
3. Frame work
• We got out frames from the workshop,
and the first step was wrapping it with
white cotton thread and made wefts using
the same for 1 inch to start off.
• I started with my design based on the
inspiration, painting by Razza. I had and
made use of woolen yarn in abundance for
it which I had purchased the previous day
from Raja Market.
• The patterns were taking forever to form
initially but as I went on with it for exactly
a week I felt great! I got a hang of it and it
went really quick and the outcome was
exactly as pictured.
• I did not have all the patterns pre-planned.
I formulated one pattern at a time and
tried different techniques. There was a lot
of trial and error and lots of undoing and
redoing.
• In my initial stages I followed the
inspiration but towards the end I just went
with my flow and made my own patterns.
4.
5. Sathnur Village
• Sathnur village was a beautiful three hour tempo ride for us.
• On reaching there we saw ladies working on the looms with banana fiber, making Sathnur
the only place in the south to work with them.
• It was really surprising to know that they did winding/twisting for 14p/m. not even for a
rupee. I almost felt like their labour and skill is being manipulated by the industry.
6.
7. Handloom Work
• It took me about 3 days to make it a little
less than 3ft in length. I used magazine
paper strips and some colours of regular
woolen yarn and others acrylic yarn.
• It was a simple process of using alternating
frame numbers. First 1 and 3 frames were
put down and the in the next row 2 and 4
and so on.
• I started off experimenting with different
materials to see what looked different and
was weave-able on the loom.
• My jute ropes were too thick and rough so
it wasn’t easy to work with it and the
regular plastic ropes was not aesthetically
appealing.
• Paper was easy to weave with and gave a
nice texture and looked simple and wool
the wefts came out very neat and fine.
• The paper and wool combination worked
out the best for me since I did not want to
make regular mats using coconut leaf
sticks.
• My Inspiration was taken from belts, bag
and T-shirts that have magazine prints on
them. They are usually in pink, baby pink,
grey, beige and other such lighter tones.
