Sabai Grass Jali Mat Single Layer (Deep Blue) gopalpur tussar This blue white small checks

This blue white small checks cotton kotpad is true joy as it falls beautifully on your skin and its earthy fragrance mesmerises the soul

Then it is dried and set together for several hours by painful mathematical precision of the weavers by hand

It is covered from top to bottom with a lot of mirrors- almost 70% higher number of mirrors than you can find normally in Pipli markets

Then these white bandha threads are set as the warp in a powerloom

These black bandha threads are then set as the warp on a powerloom

Sabai Grass Jali Mat Single Layer (Deep Blue) gopalpur tussar This blue white small checksThe artistic hands of rural people have given a new recognition in handicraft. Sabai grass is collected from the forest mainly by the rural women who are then dried and made into ropes by manually operated machines . The dyes used for colouring the rope are synthetic dyes. These are then used for making utility items.