silk brocade sari with rani pink body features a wide gold Zari brocade border and gold zari lotus motifs drawing from archival brocades. The brocade is woven using the elaborate Kadwa technique, where each motif is woven individually utilizing an extra weft insertion, and the reverse of the textile reveals the absence of thread floats.
This handwoven textile reflects natural variations within yarn, color and weave
Raw Mango draws from the colors, philosophies and cultures of India to create a unique voice, questioning place and perspective through design.
With roots in craft and community, Raw Mango’s relationship with handloom began in 2008 as an investigation of possibilities.
As a design house it continues to create new conversations in textile and culture through a range of saris, garments and objects.
Created with karigars across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Varanasi, Raw Mango’s designs innovate upon century old skills, in pursuit of defining a new aesthetic vocabulary.
SANJAY GARG
Sanjay Garg emerged from an upbringing in the village of Mubarikpur, Rajasthan. As a student of textile design, he developed his unique language in 2008, working in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh. Garg undertook innovations within the yarn and weaving process to create a new visual vocabulary and weaving interventions which, over a decade later, visually define Chanderi today.
A commitment to experimentation underpins his process, with further explorations in Mashru, Benarasi and Ikat. Always informed by India, Garg constantly engages with established rubric to imagine new possibilities.