Mehrun Sanjh

Mehrun Sanjh — maroon dusk.

Deep maroon.

Tiny geometry.

Gold waiting at the end.

Across the Tussar silk body, tiny geometric motifs repeat from edge to edge, fine enough to begin reading almost as texture from a step away.

Beneath the pattern sits the natural grain of Tussar silk, giving the surface another layer of variation.

The border changes the rhythm.

Yellow, green and black stripes frame the maroon body with narrow bands of contrasting colour.

Then the pallu opens up.

Multicolour weaving meets golden zari work across the palla, moving from the body's restrained geometry towards a brighter finish.

Small motifs through the body.

Colour in stripes at the edge.

Multicolour and gold at the close.

According to the supplied craft information, Bhujodi is a counted extra-weft tradition from the weaving village of Bhujodi near Bhuj in Kutch. Geometric patterns and motifs are built into the fabric thread by thread through precise counting of warp and weft.

Worked here on Tussar silk, the geometric weaving sits over the fibre's natural grain and lustre.

Mehrun Sanjh is handwoven on a pit loom in Bhujodi (Bhuj), Gujarat, with a supplied making time of approximately 10–15 days.

The blouse piece shifts fabric: soft cotton in plain maroon with a yellow, green and black border, carrying the saree's border colours into the blouse.

Deep colour, fine detail and a gold finish at the end.