Fabric as Paint

Discover the art of everyday life with Kaustav Chatterjee

Artist in Me series

Date: 10th & 11th August

Time: 2 pm - 5 pm

Location: KNMA Saket

Workshop Overview

Ever wondered if fabric could be more than just a material? Join us for a unique workshop that challenges traditional art forms. Learn to transform ordinary fabric into extraordinary works of art.

This immersive experience invites you to view fabric as a painter's palette. By cutting, stitching, and manipulating fabric, you'll create stunning visual compositions that rival traditional paintings.

Explore your imagination and craft imaginary worlds, landscapes, or even the interiors of your mind.

What Participants Will Take Away

● They will understand the potential of fabric to create stunning visual compositions.

● They will have learned various techniques to cut, stitch, and shape fabric into art pieces.

● Participants will complete their own fabric art piece to take home as a tangible reminder of their creative journey.

● The workshop will spark their imagination and encourage them to explore new artistic possibilities.

Artist's Bio -

Kaustav is an art practitioner, writer and researcher in the field of visual arts and cultural studies. Kaustav has an MFA in painting from the University of Hyderabad. Kaustav’s research, writing and practice focuses on drawing and painting, textiles, mercantile crafts and trans-national material histories of South Asia. Kaustav has been dealing with publication projects on Banarasi Textiles, Embroidery practices and Sugar crafts of India. Simultaneously formed an independent research project, that deals with exhibition and exhibition making and critical writing on intersectional approach to craft knowledge systems, in- between theory and practice,object studies, design studies, art history, anthropology and archaeology.