A Celebration of Fabric and Ornament

The LakeSide Studio as it called lovingly named Tharangini, tucked away in a green oasis in the heart of Bangalore city is a centre for the human exploration of creativity.If not for  an invite for the exhibition of Fabric and Ornaments I would never have known them.Rediscover the rich heritage by learning all traditional folk arts.They have artists teachers who are skilled master craftsmen .Find inspiration by the lake and our wise old trees as you begin to discover balance and harmony through art

Tharangini has a  Jewelry project design studio that celebrates the culture and tradition of ornament and a Textile Arts Center that custom new stories in fabric using age-old techniques of handblock printing, shibori, batik, pattern dyeing and the like to create one-of-a-kind fabrics and saris, made specially on order

Jewellery craftsmen have inherited skill sets through years of patience and practice and our designers bring in a current perspective.Made in natural materials of gold and silver with natural precious coloured gemstones, they are conscious of this planet and recycle metal and revive old metal techniques.Frejya Laxmi is our commisioned or bespoke line that is craft intensive encomapassing all aspects of jewelry in relation to life.

Textile Master crafstmen bring decades of experience to a customized design process, deriving from a play of colour and imagination!Being one of the city's oldest block printing studio, we continue to build interesting bridges between the old and the new.

Inaddition to this they have Dasara melas,Shibori workshops ,blockprinting workshops,workshops for children where they are introduced to the traditional art forms,mask making,festive story telling and sessions in charcoal drawing and photography too.

Tharangini, Bangalore's premiere Handblock Printing Studio since 1977, is pleased to invite you to  A Celebration of Style in Fabric and Ornament... Presented by The Jewelry Project & 2Up 2Down at Tharangini, Dec 15-17th, 11am to 7pm For details: Eesha 9731728946, Deepti 9845033445 The Jewelry Project by Deepti Sudhindra & Eesha Zaveri Housed at Tharangini, The Jewelry Project, a nature design studio that  makes commission jewelry, handmade by master craftsmen.   They showcased at design dialogues in jewelry,   with the worlds's craft council and unesco ,  at the fashion week, both  in delhi and was shortlisted by the british council for young creative    entreprenuer of the year, for their work in addressing the grammar of  ornament in metalsmithing  to create a new vocabulary in indian jewelry.  the collection has a vast range this year. vintage styled jewelry in flat diamonds, authentic antique jewelry in old silver, sourced from across the country and rare, a fashion collaboration collection with smallshop, (featured in vogue),the revival and sustainable project of handcraft skills in the filigree project, an exploration of the paisley and lotus in metal, very colourful and bright charm jewelry and our inhouse design team collections  2Up 2Down by Namrata Shah  2up2down represents exquisite range of hand-crafted textiles in  shiboris, block prints and luxurious hand-wovens. her inspired work was featured at the Asia house fair,London 2011.  She was awarded the 'Young Creative Entrepreneur Award 2009', India- British Council and featured on young turk CNBC TV-18, 2010  Namrata's exquisite work can be found various designer stores like Cinnamon, Melange, Anonym etc..

Image courtesy:Tharangini,Jwellery design studio,2up2Down