Dayal Vanker
Residency at University of Cumbria
Dayal began learning to weave at the age of 9. He has been deeply
interested in design and technical related matters of his family
business. He has been interacting with a range of senior designers and
has been invited to present and exhibit his work in Dubai, Mumbai and
Delhi. Dayal has been experimenting with yarns, fabrics, and vegetable
dyes and specialising in the detailing of motifs.
In 2002 Dayal received a State Award of Merit for his work
Dayal's early work involved cloth for blankets, garments and head wear. His current range relates to stoles, shawls, and bed linen.
In 2002 Dayal received a State Award of Merit for his work
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Crafts of Kutch
Meera Goradia talks about the work of Dayal, and other crafts from the Kutch area of Gujarat - cHAT week at Sanskriti, Delhi, India. March 2007
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Dayal is circled in this Group picture showing all the HAT artists, taken in Sanskriti, Delhi, March 2007
