Auraghi

Technique

Craft is
the signature.

Five disciplines, practised slowly. Time is treated here as a material like any other.

Hands working metallic gold thread embroidery onto dark silk

I

Hand Embroidery

Surface is built stitch by stitch on a wooden adda frame. Between three hundred and nine hundred hours are given to a single ceremonial piece.

Macro study of ivory silk folds under raking light

II

Silk

Handwoven mulberry and tussar silk, sourced from weaving families in eastern India. Six weeks on the loom for a single length.

Carved sandstone jali screen casting geometric shadow

III

Metallic Threadwork

Zardozi and dabka worked in tonal brass and antique gold, kept deliberately low in contrast so the surface reveals itself only at close range.

Hands pinning a canvas toile onto a tailor's dress form

IV

Tailoring

Every silhouette is developed first in calico. Structure is resolved before a metre of silk is cut.

Structured ivory garment framed by a carved stone arch

V

Hand Finishing

Hems, linings and closures are completed by hand. The interior of a garment is held to the same standard as its exterior.

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