The maker

I trained as a fashion designer, fell sideways into natural dye, and have spent the last five years trying to keep the two in the same conversation. The studio is small on purpose — a few capsules a year, made slowly, with materials I can trace back to the people who grew or dyed them.

I work mostly in cotton and silk, mostly with madder, indigo, marigold, and turmeric, and mostly between Bengaluru, Bagru, and Sanganer.

Everything here is made in batches small enough that I know what each piece weighs. Everything is dyed in baths I can lift on my own. That's a constraint, not a hardship; it's how the studio knows when to stop.