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‘Blindfold’ embroidery: Ritika Skand Vohra

  When textile artist and embroiderer Ritika Skand Vohra sits down to work, she ties a blindfold around her eyes. Then, picking up her needle, she...

Aus artist Dena Lawrence’s work on Kashmiri silk carpets

  At Germany’s Carpet Design Awards this year, Perth artist Dena Lawrence won the ‘Best Studio Artist Design’ category. Her winning piece, which she calls Maschera,...

Aboriginal designs for your sari

  24-year-old Aboriginal artist Presten Warren had not seen a sari up close until last year. Today, his designs appear on a sari range created by...

Anudeepa Kadiresan: Creating Dravidian art in Melbourne

  Growing up in India, Anudeepa Kadiresan loved to create Tanjore paintings using the centuries-old traditional method. “Of course, I used aluminium foil instead of the...

Artist Kirtika Kain: Finding connect with the Dalit community

  There is a new and powerful wave of young artists from the Dalit community catalysing a campaign for equality. Delhi-born, Sydney-based artist Kirtika Kain...

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