How I hand make custom high end textile and silk patterns and designs, then use them in pillows, throws and scarves. Resulting products make great unique accent pieces for interior designers, home furnishers and architects. This ancient art is supplemented by some modern tricks, but not too many. I make my own screens from home made negatives using images I have collected for many, many years. We are still in Milwaukee where my grandfather started the business a long time ago.
The government’s much publicised stimulus package has failed to bring cheer to one industry that contributes four per cent of our GDP – textiles. And if the present trend continues many people could lose their jobs in this industry. This news has taken away smile from the six people employed in a small spinning unit on the outskirts of Coimbatore. There are more than one lakh such units in and around Coimbatore and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu.
Jul
22