The master artisans
The hands behind every KANTHA piece
Kantha is passed from mother to daughter in the villages of Birbhum. These are the master artisans we work with directly: women who have stitched for decades, who draw and pin every design, and who lead hundreds of artisans around them. Most of them are not online. This is where you can find them.
★ World ClassMaster Artisan · Nanoor, Birbhum
Loveli Bibi
Thirty years at the needle. Four hundred women stitching beside her.
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★ World ClassMaster Artisan · Nanoor, Birbhum
Papiya Begum
Twenty-five years of Kantha - and now teaching her daughter.
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Master Artisan · Bolpur, Birbhum
Masuma Khatun
Village life, birds and the tree of life - stitched by hand.
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Master Artisan · Santiniketan, Birbhum
Samima Yasmin
Floral Kantha on pure silk, from Santiniketan.
Her story & pieces →