Buniyaad

Category: Interior

Buniyaad is a collection of six hand-knotted wall art rugs that emerged from a deep personal experience of living in a village and observing the quiet beauty of collective life. The word Buniyaad, meaning foundation, reflects the grounding values of community, belonging, and emotional interdependence that shape rural culture. This project seeks to translate those values into visual and tactile narratives through the medium of textile. At the heart of Buniyaad is a strong commitment to sustainability and material honesty. Each piece is made using only natural fibres, primarily locally sourced Indian wool and Raw Material Return yarn—a recycled material repurposed from previous weaving waste. These choices reflect a conscious move toward circular design and a desire to celebrate the inherent textures and irregularities of natural yarns. The making process was rooted in co-creation with artisans, where the traditional roles of designer and maker blurred into a shared process of exploration. Working on vertical looms, we experimented with unconventional tapestry-style knots, layering fibres to create richly textured surfaces. Each rug captures a specific moment or emotional fragment whether it’s the warmth of shared chores, the solitude of dusk, or the vibrancy of communal gatherings. Rather than striving for uniformity, the rugs embrace imperfection, spontaneity, and depth qualities that mirror the organic rhythm of village life. Through this project, I aimed to honor not only the stories of people and place but also the hands and relationships that shape the fabric of craft. Buniyaad is both a tribute and a conversation: between designer and artisan, material and memory, rootedness and reinterpretation. It is an attempt to preserve and reimagine the emotional architecture of community through the language of handmade textiles