Traditional crafts of Gujarat — documented in depth.
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Turned on a lathe, painted in tin and sealed in lac, Sankheda's maroon-and-gold furniture has carried a Gujarat village's name around the world since the nineteenth century.
In Patan, a handful of Salvi families still tie-dye silk thread by thread, months before a single shuttle is thrown, to weave a sari with no reverse side.
In Kutch, thousands of tiny hand-tied knots hold back the dye, and when they are finally opened, a pattern of dots blooms across the cloth.