Have you ever wondered what process goes into the handloom beauties you wear? This Deepavali, take the opportunity to stock up on your favourite handloom weaves and even learn the art of spinning and weaving at workshops guided by experts at S.A.L.T Stories - a natural dye handmade exhibition.
In its fifth edition, the handloom showcase in Secunderabad is brought by India Handmade Collective (IHMC) including a group of handmade and handloom artisans. Working individually or with organisations, the members got together in November 2020, post the lockdown crisis, to support struggling artisans, informs Ananthasayanan aka Anathoo, founder of the social enterprise TULA. Volunteers of this Chennai-based social enterprise work with farmers growing the traditional Indian cotton which is handspun, handwoven, natural dyed and manually tailored.
