Indian Painting Textile Tour
Duration : 16 Days 15 Nights
Destination : Bombay
- Kutch - Kambi Patel - Zainbad - Ahemdabad
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Day 1: London-Bombay.
International flight to Bombay met and transferred
to hotel.
Day 2: London-Bombay.
Transfer for flight to Bhuj. On arrival check into Hotel
Prince. After lunch visit Bhujodi village weavers who produce blankets
and woven lengths for the local communities. We will also visit a Rabbari
textile collector.
Day 3: Mundra.
Visit to Mundra for Wax resist block printing and felt
making for textilers. Painters will work from the same environs.. return
to Bhuj.
Day 4: Mandavi.
Continue to Mandavi. Mandavi is famous for boat building,
wonderful images for the painters. Textilers have a very special workshop
with Mochi embroiderer. Return to Bhuj
Day 5: Tye Dye Workshop.
Morning or full days workshop with Master Craftsmen
in tye dye 'Bandani'. Own Dinner.
Day 6: Villages of Kutch.
For me this is one of the highlights of the tour, when
we go to stay in the villages of Kutch. We will stay in a village house
set aside for us and will be going bush as they say. We take our own food
with us and our own cook. We will have demonstrations in various types
of embroidery, with a shisha workshop, and be privileged to witness and
observe the wonderful life styles of these pastoralists. We will also
see demonstrations of other crafts such as bell making, wood carving and
lacqyer work. The village is a visual treat for painters.
Day 7: Gold and Silver thread workshop.
For the first time this year we will have a full days
workshop in Gold and Silver thread while the painters will paint from
this beautiful remote and particularly untouched village hamlet. All the
ladies wear their traditional embroidered garments, a rich subject for
the painters. Lunch will be cooked for us and in the late afternoon we
return to Bhuj.
Day 8: Block Printing Workshop.
En route to our safari camp we will visit a block printing
workshop. After lunch we will have a workshop with the snake charmers.
The snake charmers produce their own style of embroidery. Painters to
take advantage of the subjects.
Day 9: Fair.
Day spent at Fair with a break for lunch. You must have
a really good camera with you.
Day 10: Workshop in Village Fair.
Workshop in village fair with Rabbari. Textilers workshop
and Painters to paint.
Day 11: Kanbi Patel.
Workshop with Kanbi Patel and Rabbari in villages about
25km away from camp. Take lunch of Francis to cook for us.
Day 12: Morning in Fair.
Morning again at the fair. The fair has moved but is
is good we are following it to its next location. We then continue to
Zainabad in the afternoon. Zainabad is a wildlife sanctuary.
Day 13: Zainabad Wildlife Snctuary.
Morning at leisure or to see the wild ass and birds
on the Rann. The wild ass is to be found nowhere else in the world but
here. Afternoon own choice.
Day 14: Moderna Sun Temple.
Days visit for both textilers and painters. First to
temple at Becharg then to Moderna Sun Temple. Painters to stay here, textilers
to continue to Patan to see the Mushru weaving a double woven cloth with
silk on the top and cotton underneath specially woven for Muslims to wear.
Our second visit is to the famous Patan Double Ikat Weavers now the only
family in the world able to produce this wonderful weaving. The cloth
is woven from space tie dyed warp and weft threads.
Day 15: Ahmedabad.
Early start to Ahmedabad. After lunch visit the Calico
Museum. Own dinner.
Day 16: Day of Leisure.
We are at a very nice hotel with a pretty garden and
swimming pool. I think a day of leisure is a good idea. However for those
who want to paint or experience textiles I have a good program for both...after
an early dinner we take the night sleeper to Jaipur. For those leaving
the tour to take the international flight.
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