The Hand/Eye Project began in 2020 in Ahmedabad, India – minutes before the world was halted by the COVID pandemic. Hosted by artist and educator LoKesh Ghai, we joined Australian textile artists Eddy Carroll and Alasdair MacKinnon in collaboration with master and apprentice block makers Govind and Satish Bhai, and the Parijat Studio to document places, people and process of a creative residency. On the edge of the Sabarmati River, beyond Ahmedabad’s city limits we were welcomed by founder Paulomi Lalbhai and given the opportunity to document one of the last surviving sustainable studios that uses traditional block-printing methods in a purpose-built printing studio, operated by artisan practitioners that are skilled in hand-applied, pin registered printing.
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The colour of plum pop-up exhibition – Schoolhouse Studios, Coburg