Meet the Artisan
Tejuben Soma Rabari
Gujurat, India
Tejuben was born in Dhaneti and as a child migrated in Kutch, spending all but a few months of the rainy season wandering with the flock and a few pack camels, setting up rudimentary camps. Tejuben never attended school, but learned embroidery from her sister at age 11. Widowed at an early age, she began to do whatever manual labour was available with several other women of the village. She practiced the highly refined traditional embroidery until it was banned by the community elders in 1995. In 1998, Tejuben began to embroider with Kala Raksha. She feels sad at the loss of their rich tradition, but is happy to have the opportunity to embroidery commercially. Embroidery fulfills her, ...
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Ethnic Cushion Cover with Back Stitch Embroidery
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- Vibrant, stylish and intricate
- Artisan Design Brand product. An Artisan Design Brand product is not just executed, but designed by the artisan who produced it. Your guarantee of a genuine work of art!
- Certificate of Authenticity signed by the Artisan, included with the product
- Cushion cover does not include pillow
About this Fair Trade Product
Add life and character to your living room with this vibrant cushion cover. Made out of naturally dyed cotton, this is a perfect combination of comfort and style.
This cushion cover is worked in bakhiya, fine back stitching traditionally done by camel herding Rabari women with a single sewing thread to decorate the seams of women’s backless blouses and the backs of men’s jackets.
About Rabari Embroidery
Rabari embroidery is unique to the nomadic Rabaris. Essential to Rabari embroidery is the use of mirrors in a variety of shapes. Rabaris outline patterns in chain stitch, then decorate them with a regular sequence of mirrors and accent stitches, in a regular sequence of colors. Rabaris also use decorative back stitching, called bakhiya, to decorate the seams of women's blouses and men's kediya/ jackets. The style, like Rabaris, is ever evolving, and in abstract motifs Rabari women depict their changing world. Contemporary bold mirrored stitching nearly replaced a repertoire of delicate stitches.
Product Details
- Dimensions: 16" x 16"
- Material: Cotton, naturally dyed
- Brand: Artisan Design
- Use and Care: Hand Wash
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