The journal
What is on the loom
Notes on cloth, the studio, and how a piece actually gets made. Roughly one a month, and never a sale announcement.
The studio · 18 July 2026
Nine weeks, four hands
What actually happens between a warp being tied in Maheshwar and a kurta arriving in Hyderabad.
Why we stop at forty
A run of forty is not a marketing device. It is the number a pit loom can hold before the warp has to change.
02 June 2026
How to read a Chanderi
Hold it to the light. If the grid is even and the slub is uneven, it came off a hand loom.
11 May 2026
Washing well
Three washes at the dry cleaner, then cold water and your own hands for the rest of its life.
24 March 2026