Textiles
Immerse yourself in textile workshops and discover the warp and weft of india’s craftsmanship.
At Breakaway, we pride ourselves on offering an unmatched range of experiences and interactions via our Textile Trails. Our tapestry of experiences covers the country and lets you discover the warp and weft of India’s proud textile and handicraft traditions. And while each experience ensures you meet the creators of these handmade rarities and hear their stories, it also gives you the chance to take one of them home. For that, you only need to breakaway.
Shilpa has led perhaps India’s flagship traditional clothing brand to renown across the country and also co-founded one of India’s most respected arts and crafts e-commerce brands. She uses the relationships woven in her career to embroider a tapestry of textile trails that weave their way across India’s most famous and best loved fabrics and places.
Our textile and craft trails range from short trips across one or two cities to long explorations spanning entire states but they all have one thing in common – they serve rare, hand-spun gems. Chats and interactive visits with textile design experts and scholars and local artisans enhance your understanding of the various weaving and printing techniques and historical context as they shape India’s contemporary textile culture. Reflected in the art, framed in old forts, and sold in the local markets, these experiences let you wrap yourself in India’s hand-spun heritage.
From visits with master craftsmen to shopping sprees at exclusive collections via viewings of some of India’s best private collections, every trail is studded with experiences that can only be savoured one way. By breaking away, of course.
We offer textile breakaways in:
- Gujarat
- Rajasthan
- Tamil Nadu
- Bengal
- Punjab
- Central India
- Kashmir & Ladakh
Peerless facilitators
Access to private collections
Audiences with master artisans & designers
Experiences of dying craft & textile traditions
Hands-on workshops
Deep immersions for the scholarly
FAQ's
Yes, during our textile tours, most of the artisans you visit will also have some stock of their work. It encourages them when they see an appreciation of their work, first hand.
We usually set up one hands-on workshop during some of our craft & textile tours, depending on the time available. Its easier for artisans to do a small demo of their work, as our itinerary is rather packed
and there isn’t a lot of time to keep for textile workshops which can easily take between 2-3 hours.
It’s easy to set up textile workshops on a customised tour, since it’s easier to manage time.
Please do share their names with us. Our own database includes the finest craftsmen, so chances are you won’t need to meet any others. That said, if we are customising a textile tour for you, we can certainly consider setting up these.
Artisan homes have facilities which are clean though rudimentary, and most often ‘Indian style’ – they are not necessarily up to our standards. It’s best to let the facilitator of your textile experience know in advance, so he/she can figure this out for you.
These days, its possible to use Gpay ( for Indian guests only) during our crafts and textile tours in India. If you’re not carrying cash, some do have a facility to accept credit card payments.
