The narrative textiles of Odisha
The Hindu
Textile artist Pankaja Sethi celebrates the handspun tradition of Odisha fabrics in her latest creations at the Odisha Textile Festival
“‘The eye wards off evil; the triangle is the house of the Goddess….’ The women explain andI record their voices, which I translate into patterns, it is like a narrative textile,” explains Pankaja Sethi about her work in indigenous handloom with the Adivasis of Odisha. The Bhubaneshwar-based textile designer, artist and anthropologist is talking about her latest collection at the Odisha Textile Festival, on at Parthas in Kochi.

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