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Kutchh diaries 5: Rogan Art
Our visit to Nirona was very exciting. One of the three arts we saw there was *Rogan art*

At Sun rogan art (rizwan s khatri) https://share.google/YcErDaeVu8yBog1Tf
Khatri ji explained us the tedious and risky process of making colours, and demonstrated the intricate fabric work. The most difficult part was, there was no rough sketch on cloth. Everything appeared directly from image in the mind!

Rogan art of Kutch is a unique, centuries-old textile art from Gujarat, India, featuring intricate designs painted with a thick, oil-based paint (Rogan, Persian for "oil") made from boiled castor oil and pigments, applied with a metal stylus onto cloth for vibrant, detailed patterns, often with mirror-image symmetry, and is now kept alive by only a few families in Nirona village.

Do visit Rizwan bhai if you ever happen to be in Kutchh.

More about Nirona in coming posts

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Kutch diaries 3: Lippan art Khamir
Lippan art, or mud-mirror work, is a traditional Indian mural craft from the Kutch known for its intricate, raised designs on walls using a mixture of clay, dung, and mirrors. This folk art traditionally decorated mud huts called bhungas
It looked very easy when was demonstrated. But to knead the mud, make a uniform thread,and paste it before it dries up, was a task.
The outcome is amazing!
With Limangi Jain Rahul Kothari Aditi Madkaikar Pinkii Kothari Rushabh Mehta Abhishek Sule Kshama Satra Abhishesh Talawadekar

Kutchh Diaries:2
When in Bhuj and exploring local arts where else can a person stay but Khamir

Khamir primarily refers to a renowned craft resource centre in Kutch, Gujarat, India, dedicated to preserving and promoting the region's traditional crafts, heritage, and cultural ecology, meaning "intrinsic pride" in the local language and "to ferment" in Hindi, reflecting its goal of revitalizing artisanal traditions

We explored different styles of cloth painting there. Mr Khatri, who is representing the only family of artisans specialized in Vela style of block painting demonstrated the technique and art to us. We too tried our hands ad got along the beautiful pieces of painted cloth.

Let's see how we use them in LC now.

To be continued...




With Limangi Jain Pinkii Kothari Rahul Kothari Rinkal Chhadwa Abhishek Sule Abhishesh Talawadekar Aditi Madkaikar Amu Boominathan Thevar Kshama Satra Rushabh Mehta Nitin Barchha Poorva Abhishek Alpa Bharati Kaushal Shah

Kutchh diaries: 1
For last few years, we have been taking children and parents out to some experiential learning trips. This time Limangi Jain carved out a trip to Kutchh with many hands-on activities. All the adults also participated enthusiastically.

In Bhujodi, we visited Shyamjibhai's place where he supports all the local artisans and promotes the local breed of black cotton.

We understood the journey of cotton to fabric. Tried our hands on Charkha, dyed it indigo using tradintional method, weaved the yarn, and witnessed the final product

To be continued

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We had an opportunity to visit the fabric factory. THA kubadia and Limangi Jain We learnt about fabric, cutting, stitching, buttoning and here's the end product too!

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