Watch this space as we tell you the tales of our weaves

When you see a sari, what do you see? A lot of motifs, colors, and so on. But very rarely do we know what goes into making a sari. So we are going to show you our entire design process, from the stage of penning it, to the final stage of it unfolding into 6 yards of wonder.

It all starts with a pen and paper. While the overall concept of the sari is thought out by the designer, the initial process of sketching it solely depends on the artist. Every line, every dot, every motif is thought through at length and sketched. Since this is the foundation of the sari, it’s also the hardest part. A lot of people take this step very lightly, but the drawings are crucial and also acts as a reference point for the weaver.

The Artist usually finds inspiration by all the beauty that surrounds him/her, by travelling, researching into historical figurines and so on. This becomes the trigger point to imagining and building a motif from scratch.

Drawing the motives is only one half of the total designing process. Bringing out the design through weave filling is what makes the other half. 


Since every design is ultimately mapped onto a 8-bit bmp file with black and white weave fill patterns dictating the final nature of the fabric as well as clarity of the design , this process is painstaking and is often what makes or breaks a design. This pattern is ultimately made into punch cards and used for the jacquard weaving process.