At Home with Selvedge: Tea and Textile Talk with Chinar Farooqui of Injiri from storytelling traditions in india Watch Video
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Description: This is a recording of an IGTV Live Conversation on January 2021.nnEvery stitch, gather and selvedge in Chinar Farooqui’s designs for Injiri tell a story. Farooqui sees her textiles as text, a hand-crafted tale that’s shaped by artisans and weavers across India. With influences from folk clothing and local dressing styles, complemented by a deep respect for process, Injiri writes a compelling aesthetic narrative. If storytelling looks back to folk traditions, so does Farooqui. She has a Mast