The land, in section
Dharti
The Land, From Above
The story
Fly over Rajasthan and the land becomes a drawing.
The salt pans at Sambhar lie in a white grid. In winter the mustard fields flower yellow. Wind combs the dunes into ripples, the Aravallis fold into contour, and in Bagru lengths of dyed cloth dry side by side in the sun.
Nobody drew any of it. Salt workers, farmers, dyers, builders and weather made these pictures, one season at a time.
Dharti, the word for earth, carves them into wool and silk, knotted by hand in Jaipur. Fifteen pieces in three chapters: salt and stone, the worked land, and the long light.
Stratum I · Salt and Stone
Stratum I · 5 pieces
Salt and Stone
Pale ground and quiet pieces. Salt, cloth, hill, dune and fog, carved more than coloured.
Stratum II · 8 pieces
The Worked Land
The marks people leave on the ground: fields, a canal, a pond, the dyer's cloth.
Stratum III · 9 pieces
The Long Light
The land at its richest: blue roofs, a river, ravines, dusk and stone.
Made to order
Knotted for your room
Every piece is knotted by hand in Jaipur, in the size and colours your room needs. Tell us about the space and we will help you choose.
- Origin
- Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Materials
- Hand-spun New Zealand wool with mulberry silk accents, cotton warp
- Density
- 6 to 14 knots per inch
- Lead Time
- 6 to 10 months on the loom
Most pieces are shown as renderings; seven are photographs of finished rugs. Every piece is woven to order in Jaipur.
