The Craft
See how drawing, tying and dyeing turn plain cloth.
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Sidr Craft · Kutch
Bandhani, shaped by hand
Each piece begins with cloth, a drawn pattern and thousands of knots. What follows is slow, exacting work carried through generations.
Sidr Craft, Bhuj
The Artists
Meet the family and village artisans behind every piece.
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The language of dots
Made over time
Tied one knot at a time.
A design is traced onto cloth before women artisans tie thousands of small knots by hand. The cloth is then dyed at the Sidr Craft studio in Bhuj, often through several stages.
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The Khatri family
A family practice, carried forward.
Bhuj, Kutch
Made where the craft lives.
A closer look
Made, not manufactured
200+women artisans
Monthsfor intricate pieces
By handevery knot tied
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Cloth, colour and time
Across Kutch
Work shared across villages.
More than 200 independent women artisans form the heart of Sidr Craft production. Their tying work is completed in villages across Kutch before the cloth returns to Bhuj for dyeing.
Read our storyFrom drawing to colour
Each cloth passes through many hands before the final knots are opened.
Drawing
Traditional motifs are traced onto cloth as a guide for every knot.
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Tying
Women artisans tie thousands of small knots by hand across the fabric.
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Dyeing
The tied cloth returns to the Bhuj studio for colour, often in several stages.
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Abduljabbar Khatri and Abdullah Khatri founded Sidr Craft to continue their family tradition of bandhani. The work now connects their Bhuj studio with women artisans across villages in Kutch.
2006UNESCO Seal of Excellence
2007International Folk Art Market
TodayMade across Kutch
From the studio
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Recognised for the work.
Sidr Craft has received recognition in India and abroad.
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UNESCO Seal of Excellence
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International Folk Art Market
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Living Traditions Award finalist