Textile Tour
Destination : Bombay
- Mundra - Mandavi - Kutch - Ahemdabad.
Duration
: 16 Days 15 Nights
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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