Weaving Dreams

"We all have our own life to pursue,
Our own kind of dream to be weaving...
And we all have the power
To make wishes come true,
As long as we keep believing."
(Louisa May Alcott - American Author, 1832-1888)

This is a handloom in one of our workshops in Varanasi (Benaras).
The warp threads pass alternately through a heddle and through a space between the heddles (the shed), so that raising the shaft raises half the threads (those passing through the heddles), and lowering the shaft lowers the same threads—the threads passing through the spaces between the heddles remain in place.
There is magic in the whole process which is made of the same "stuff as dreams are made on" (Shakespeare)...
Varanasi weavers have to struggle with many issues since the industry collapsed fifteen years ago and half the workshops of the city had to close.
RED HALO has settled a program in order to help a few of them, it is a drop in the ocean but in our humble and limited way we are trying to maintain a few people to carry on this heritage.
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RED HALO is a collection of household linen based in Benaras (Varanasi - India) providing work to people living with difficulties and education to children.
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