Tana Bana: The Woven Soul of Pakistan by Noorjehan Bilgrami

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Tana Bana: The woven Soul of Pakistan , at the Japanese Folk Craft Museum [Nihon Mingeikan] exhibition April-May 2004;
Curated by Noorjehan Bilgrami

Noorjehan Bilgrami is an artist, textile designer and researcher. Her interest in traditional crafts led to the formation of KOEL in Karachi, an atelier that pioneered the revival of hand-block printed fabrics in Pakistan. She is one of the founders of the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture and was its first Executive Director.