Watch and listen our story of us entering Indian handicrafts industry and trying to make space for our work and ethics. Credits- VIESTORIES (Youtube)

In the winter of 2015 in Jammu we came across a beautiful fabric. It seemed to be wool in its pure ivory colour of origin and draped beautifully when we held it in our hands. But something was different about this fabric.

We had almost planned to handover our designs and leave back for Jaipur when our master weaver asked us to come over to his brother’s place, who had floor hand-looms at his home. And it resulted in a never before experience.

We have been working with Cotton in Rajasthan, West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir for some time now. While the raw material is same, the finished fabric looks, feels & behaves differently, just like its lovely natives and the stories they tell.

Reality versus what Indian women think about their body shape and sizes. And is there any real truth in it, should it be paid some heed?

Let's put on our detective hats and investigate a small piece of fabric and see what it tells us

To cut it down to fewer words, we could've never imagined that the help will come to our weavers

Remember, you are not alone in this. Know that even the most confident of the people are just as unsure as you are.

Interestingly, It is a long running debate whether Charkha has its origin in India or middle east. Let's see where it actually came from.

"Overcoming anything requires interrupting a pattern in order to create a new one." - Ashton Long At Cotton Rack, we...

Isn't it amazing that so much was achieved in one life by a woman in the times when there was no concept of equal rights.

Why always share something related to crafts or from our own line of business? Let's move away a bit from that, today, we are sharing a short story written by Vinayak around 2008, a story about a "Garage Find".

The above image is not at all related to stuff we are going to talk about or maybe it actually means something!

With the Covid-19 pandemic on rise, we have decided to halt our operations at our studio, this may sound grim but...

After an amazing lunch while we were sitting around the heater for warmth in their naturally lit living room on that cold wintry Delhi noon, the stories about crafts started flowing. That is when Naani ji shared the story about this piece of fabric that she got from her grandmother!

Today, Cotton Rack uses as many as 10 different types of Homespun fabrics sourced from weavers in Jaipur, Bikaner, Maheshwar and Kanpur as well as creating fabrics with our weavers in West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir. Check them out here...

Until you clear your identity you will be tied to the repetition of this life. -Agnes Martin

Cotton Rack is now the country's first homespun and handwoven clothing brand to be institutionally funded. Checkout this blog for more information that might be of help to you too

A small timelapse video of handloom weaving, which is one of many processes involved in making of a homespun handwoven fabric.

Everyone is talking about Khadi but keeping aside all the philosophy and it's association with Gandhi and Indian freedom movement, what exactly is this Khadi fabric in it's practical form?