The Inspiration!!! :D ;)

We have all heard about this quote ‘Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder’!!! Haven’t we??!! :D

What if we modify the above quote and put it as,

‘Art...like Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder’!! Indeed true. So now may be the question, or let us call it as the curiosity in knowing what led to this initiative would kind of set you a bit relaxed and free to think and know more about LABA.

Just like we all in the team were keen in knowing the story in and out, let’s go through the journey of what led Komal come up with this idea.

Komals’ inspiration lies in the unique fine-art work, from a town called Patan in Gujarat.

Nearly 10-14 years back Komal happened to visit this town with her family. The town is very famous from the time of Kings Rule for its finest and unique Saree weaving. These are hand woven sarees, for which each thread is dyed separately as per the design. The weavers take care of every minute detail of the designs wherein each thread is colored and the design comes up while weaving takes place. All the colors used are naturally made from flowers, vegetables and fruits. The whole process is not only time consuming but also requires their special skills and sharp focus to take care of each detailing. This is the reason for the cost of the saree to be above the normal machine made sarees. And can cost from 1 lakh to 5 lakhs or may be more.

At present, the situation of these saree artists is extremely dreadful.

Out of the hundreds of families, there are mere four families left and that too their children are not keen on continuing their heritage business. With modernization pacing, their business is impacted adversely. Over the period of time, people’s outlook, their taste has changed and plus because of its high cost, the artists do not get orders so frequently, which has posed a question on their stable income.

On learning about the current situation prevailing for this art form Komal was moved. Her mind was stuck with single question - ‘What will happen in future? What if no one continues from their family to keep the heritage alive? Will this art die and leave only memories behind?

And when Komal was asked to take up a project having three qualities –

Making difference to the society,

Valuable for the society and

Unique,

The only thing that came up to her mind is to work for the survival of such rare arts, which would surely be lost in the sands of time if no necessary steps are taken on time.

So here we are the team LABA on its toes to bring to you such unknown, unheard and unseen art forms before they could lose their charisma and end up being in books of history or in some museum.

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