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Crafting Topologies

This September, Salon Design will feature the US debut of innovative Indian textile studio, Morii Design, in an exhibition curated by leading architect and designer Suchi Reddy that highlights the profound beauty and meaning of the historic Indian craft of embroidery. Founded in 2019 in Gujarat, India by Brinda Dudhat, Morii is a dynamic design studio born from a reverence for Indian craft, especially textile techniques that have been stewarded by women for generations. This exhibition at Salon Design presents 25 works using Rabari, Jat and Sujni embroidery techniques and Vankar hand weaving from Sarli – techniques dating back centuries – alongside raw materials, presenting the innovative practice to US audiences for the first time while teasing out the inspirations and nuances of the studio’s work, which unites traditional craftsmanship and a refined contemporary aesthetic.

Focused on textile design, Morii subscribes to a slow, meditative process anchored in the strength of an unwavering relationship with its artisans. Spread across the rural expanse of India, Morii works with over eighty female artisans. This exhibition presents the wall art of Morii, which features different types of weaving, stitching, dying, and embroidery to form abstract topographies that contain the knowledge and touch of generations. Indian crafts people are often enlisted by designers from the Western world to produce works of art and design. Rarely is the history of their craft incorporated into their story. Morii aims to change that by elevating centuries old Indian craft techniques through its contemporary expressions of art and design.

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