field notes
from India’s fibre terroirs
Stories from the landscapes behind your textiles. New collections, terroir research, and the occasional thing we’re still figuring out.
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The Fibre Map
FOUR LANDSCAPES, FROM SEA LEVEL TO 5,500 METRES.
Every collection begins in one place. Select a point to see what grows there, and what we make from it.
Stylised outline · positions approximate
The Rann Collection
Kala Cotton · Dryland Agriculture
Kutch District · 100–300m · Arid dryland
Indigenous rainfed cotton grown without irrigation in one of India's driest landscapes. A shorter staple with a textured hand that no industrialised cotton replicates. Handspun and handwoven in Kutch, then cut and sewn in Ontario.
What This Preserves
An indigenous cotton variety and the dryland farming knowledge that sustains it. When this cotton has a market, farmers have an economic reason to maintain seed diversity and rainfed agriculture rather than switching to water-intensive hybrid crops.
In the collection
Table runners, napkins, pillow covers, hand towels, basket liners.
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The Dune Collection
Sheep Wool · Grassland Ecology
Kutch District · 100–500m · Semi-arid grasslands
Hot days, cool nights, and dry sandy-loam soil produce wool with natural heat-regulating properties. Fibre that endures temperature swings on the grassland translates directly into textiles built for daily use.
What This Preserves
Semi-arid grassland ecology and the pastoral communities whose grazing patterns have co-evolved with this landscape. When wool production remains economically viable, shepherds don't face pressure to convert grassland to other uses.
In the collection
Throws and table runners in undyed wool.
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The Deccan Collection
Post-Industrial Cotton · Circular Economy
Bengaluru · 920m · Deccan Plateau
European textile waste, transformed into kitchen cloth by a generations-old sorting and weaving ecosystem in Karnataka. When cotton is too irregular for machines, human expertise becomes essential.
What This Preserves
The skilled fibre sorters who grade material by touch, knowledge that determines whether waste becomes durable fabric or industrial filler. When this cotton has a market, the ecosystem of sorting, spinning, and weaving remains viable.
In the collection
Kitchen towels, cook's aprons, the bread bag.
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The Highland Collection
Wool-Silk · Pastoral Economy
Ladakh (fibre) · Kashmir (woven) · 3,000–5,500m
Fine wool from Changpa pastoral communities at extreme altitude, blended with silk and woven in Kashmir. The height produces a fibre with exceptional warmth for its weight.
What This Preserves
High-altitude pastoral traditions that maintain Himalayan grassland ecosystems. When Changpa wool has a market, the pastoral economy and the landscape it stewards remain a viable way of life rather than something to abandon.
In the collection
Wool-silk stoles.
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DECCAN PLATEAU. HIMALAYAN PASTURES. ARID GRASSLANDS.
These landscapes produce our textiles. Our textiles are part of how these landscapes endure.
That's not a side effect. That's the point.
The Deccan collection
Recycled Cotton · Circular Economy
Bengaluru · 920m · Deccan Plateau
European textile waste, transformed into kitchen linens by a 200-year-old recycling ecosystem in Karnataka. When cotton is too irregular for machines, human expertise becomes essential. Circular economy built on generational knowledge — not just machinery.
What This Preserves
Karnataka's mechanical recycling infrastructure and the skilled fibre sorters who grade material by touch — knowledge that determines whether waste becomes durable fabric or industrial filler. When this recycled cotton has a market, the entire ecosystem of sorting, shredding, spinning, and weaving remains viable.
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THE HIGHLAND COLLECTION
Wool-Silk · Pastoral Economy
Ladakh (fibre) · Kashmir (woven) · 3,000–5,500m
Fine wool from Changpa pastoral communities at 3,000–5,500 metres, blended with silk and precision-woven in Kashmir. Extreme altitude creates fibre with exceptional warmth-to-weight ratio. Geography you can feel in the finished textile.
WHAT THIS PRESERVES
High-altitude pastoral traditions that maintain Himalayan grassland ecosystems. The Changpa have bred animals for fibre quality across centuries. When their wool has a market, the pastoral economy — and the landscape it stewards — remains a viable way of life rather than something to abandon.
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THE DUNE COLLECTION
Sheep Wool · Grassland Ecology
Kutch District · 100–500m · Semi-arid grasslands
Hot days, cool nights, and dry sandy-loam soil produce wool with natural heat-regulating properties. Fibre that endures temperature swings on the grassland translates directly into textiles built for daily use.
WHAT THIS PRESERVES
Semi-arid grassland ecology and the pastoral communities whose grazing patterns have co-evolved with this landscape. When wool production remains economically viable, shepherds don't face pressure to convert grassland to other uses. The textile is part of the economic argument for the landscape's continuation.
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THE DUNE COLLECTION
Kala Cotton · Dryland Agriculture
Kutch District · 100–300m · Arid dryland
Indigenous rainfed cotton grown without irrigation or synthetic inputs in one of India's driest landscapes. Naturally pest-resistant, drought-tolerant, and structurally distinct — a shorter staple with a textured hand that no industrialised cotton replicates. Handspun and handwoven in Kutch, then cut and sewn in Ontario.
WHAT THIS PRESERVES
An indigenous cotton variety and the dryland farming knowledge that sustains it. Kala Cotton requires no groundwater extraction in a region where water scarcity is existential. When this cotton has a market, farmers have an economic reason to maintain seed diversity and rainfed agriculture rather than switching to water-intensive hybrid crops.
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