Les Indiennes

Artisan: Les Indiennes

Mary Mulcahy founded Les Indiennes in 2002, after traveling to India to pursue her dream of sourcing hand-blocked textiles. Mulcahy knew she wanted to work with naturally dyed cotton and single-color motifs; she didn't know that she would find them thanks to the help of Srinivas, a craftsman from southern India skilled in the generations-old kalamkari technique. The labor-intensive printing practice uses natural inks and hand-carved teak blocks to print on organic cotton, which has been bleached and softened to ensure that the fabric is fully broken in.

Mary Mulcahy founded Les Indiennes in 2002, after traveling to India to pursue her dream of sourcing hand-blocked textiles

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