Remembering the exceptional Yellappa, a man who carried the knowledge, skill and practice of colouring cotton yarn with natural indigo as part of a rich tradition in the Indian sub-continent.
In The Hindu Sunday Magazine, December 13, 2015
Cotton yarn in the many shades of Indigo (Pic by Pankaj Sekhsaria)
The indigo vat (Pic by Pankaj Sekhsaria)
The many shades of indigo (Pic by Pankaj Sekhsaria)
Yellappa, at his home in Uravakonda in 2014 (Pic by Pankaj Sekhsaria)
The village of Uravakonda, a 2002 picture (Pic by Pankaj Sekhsaria)
http://tatacenter.mit.edu/in-india-a-marriage-of-craftsmanship-and-science-reinvents-slum-housing
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Amazing stuff, Pankaj!
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And here’s an older piece on Yellappa, written by Shiv Visvanathan…
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-last-trustee-of-indigo/article6630582.ece
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