Making the Invisible Visible Textile Craft from India with artist in residence Priya Ravish Mehra and Rafoogars Intekhab Ahmad & Zakir Hussain Open Rafoogari Workshop all October Monday to Friday 10am - 12pm & 2pm - 6pm Saturday 2pm - 6pm Sunday 10am - 12pm *** Show and Tell Session: Monday 17 October From 7pm Empty Shop, Bogie Street *** Halloween meets Diwali: Saturday 29 October 2011 The Textile Shrine: All day from 9am Brander Museum Rafoogar meets Kiltmaker: Craft Maker’s Tour All day from 10am - 4pm. Pick up your map at Brander Museum or Empty Shop Diwali Homage to Huntly’s Textile Heritage - Walk with Joanneke Kruijsen 2pm start in front of Brander Building Priya Ravish Mehra’s work focuses on the ‘Rafoogari’ tradition of darning, a highly specialised skill of mending woollen Pashmina Kashmir Shawls. This skill originated more than five centuries back and is still practiced by the Rafoogars of Najibabad, Priya's home town in Uttar Pradesh, India. Priya's project looks at making visible the invisibility of the Rafoogari tradition, moving the social and historical context of their artistic skills into the light. Huntly has its own unique history, based on the linen boom in the 18th century. Priya aims to highlight this textile tradition together with two members of the Rafoogar community, Intekhab and Zakir. They are conducting a workshop stretching over all of October where people are invited to bring along their favourite damaged textiles to be mended, renewed and transformed by Indian hands. A unique opportunity to learn and interact with the Rafoogars to experience their invisible darning tradition. www.deveron–arts.com
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