“I have no business brain whatsoever, but I do have a passion for India. Also because I was in the film industry designing costumes and sets, I had an automatic passion for textiles… I would fall in love with a particular fabric. When my sister and I went to Jaipur for the first time, we loved the old Pink City and bought traditional twirling skirts and embroideries. We got lost in the fantasy.”
— Rami Niranjan Desai, Matemitra
Renowned Australian textile designer Sally Campbell recently told columnist and author Rami Niranjan Desai, that she was exploring India through textiles, art and travelling.
In an interview, Campbell said that she kept coming back and going on different holidays to different parts of India and still loving it more and more.
Saying she had a passion for India, the designer stated that when she first travelled to Jaipur, she got lost in fantasy.
“I have no business brain whatsoever, but I do have a passion for India. Also because I was in the film industry designing costumes and sets, I had an automatic passion for textiles… I would fall in love with a particular fabric. When my sister and I went to Jaipur for the first time, we loved the old Pink City and bought traditional twirling skirts and embroideries. We got lost in the fantasy,” the designer told Desai, Matemitra reported.
Campbell said that Indian textiles had always been accepted for their craftsmanship and beauty.
“The crafts were slowly dying before designers started working alongside the craftspeople and gave handmade textiles a contemporary design.
Working with incredible weavers, block printers, and embroiderers who all produce gorgeous handmade textiles in India, Campbell claimed, was unquestionably a fantastic recipe for success
When I started my business twenty years ago people didn’t really care whether the fabric was handmade, now more and more people care,” she said.
On the relationship between India and Australia, Campbell said that many Indians have been settling in Australia for a long time, and there are many great Indian restaurants, and Bollywood movies that have become very popular in the country, Matemitra reported.
Working with incredible weavers, block printers, and embroiderers who all produce gorgeous handmade textiles in India, Campbell claimed, was unquestionably a fantastic recipe for success.
Campbell is a well-known, and highly acclaimed textile designer in Australia. She used to exhibit at ‘Life in Style’ trade fairs in Sydney and Melbourne.
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