Name: Kawalpreet Singh Saroy

Guide: Prof. Raja Mohanty

Course: Visual Communication

Credits: Dandi Memorial Project

Woven Narratives – Celebrating the handmade

Oh! Pull me out of this tangled web…

 

The project is about celebrating the Handmade. It’s an attempt to reflect in the world of excess we live in. Can we envisage a warp of society that dignifies manual labour…

The narrative is embedded in the very act of weaving.

One should note that, in no way the woven scrolls are comparable to the workmanship of a weaver, who puts in years of experience to weave an intricate design. The weaves done in the project are possibly first steps in the journey to understand what is creativity?  To reflect on ideas of Mr Gandhi…To experience contemplative aspect of weaving and its relevance as a design pedagogy…

So tangled seems the warp of life, until one begins to weave…

Oh! Pull me out of this tangled web…

The project is about celebrating the Handmade. It’s an attempt to reflect in the world of excess we live in. Has human potential reduced to being just cogs in machines producing surplus at a faster and faster rate?
Can we envisage a warp of society that dignifies manual labour…
Weaving a patch of fabric on a table loom, made me look at cloth differently. Surely there lies an intrinsic value in anything we do by hand. The joy can’t be quantified and produced as a data.

There are no figurative forms as such on the scrolls on display that communicate a story; instead the narrative is embedded in the very act of weaving.
One should note that, in no way the woven scrolls are comparable to the workmanship of a weaver, who puts in years of experience to weave an intricate design. The weaves done in the project are possibly first steps in the journey to understand what is creativity? To reflect on ideas of Mr Gandhi…To experience contemplative aspect of weaving and its relevance as a design pedagogy…

So tangled seems the warp of life, until on begins to weave…