BASKETRY

RATTAN BASKETRY

RATTAN BASKETRY IN SRI LANKA IS A CENTURIES-OLD CRAFT. FROM THESE SLENDER VINES, ARTISANS CREATE OBJECTS SHAPED BY FUNCTION AND QUIET BEAUTY.

EACH PIECE IS WOVEN BY HAND, THE CANE IS SPLIT, SOAKED, AND BENT WITH PRACTICED CARE, BUILDING STRENGTH THROUGH TENSION AND RHYTHM. 

WHILE TOOLS HAVE EVOLVED, THE CRAFT’S ESSENCE REMAINS - KEEPING SRI LANKA’S RATTAN HERITAGE ALIVE THROUGH TRADITION AND INNOVATION.

GUDRI HANDBAGS

GUDRI DESIGN IS A TRADITIONAL TEXTILE CRAFT FROM RURAL SOUTH ASIA, MADE BY LAYERING WORN FABRICS AND STITCHING THEM TOGETHER BY HAND. ROOTED IN REUSE AND PATIENCE, EACH PIECE CARRY STORIES, MEMORIES, AND TRADITION.

ONCE CREATED WITHIN THE HOME BY WOMEN FOR WARMTH AND REST, GUDRI HAS GROWN BEYOND ITS DOMESTIC ROLE. TODAY, IT REFLECTS CARE FOR THE EARTH AND THE STRENGTH OF WOMEN’S CREATIVITY, WITH EACH PIECE SHAPED BY THE MAKER’S RHYTHM, MEMORY, AND PLACE.

IT IS DEFINED BY NATURAL IRREGULARITY. REUSED FABRICS, FLOWING HAND STITCHES, AND TRACES OF PAST LIVES, NO TWO PIECES ARE THE SAME. WHAT BEGAN AS A A PRACTICAL QUILT HAS BECOME A DESIGN LANGUAGE SHAPED BY REUSE, MEMORY, AND HUMAN TOUCH.