Sensorial Cartographies: Textile Memories in Motion explores textiles as living surfaces that hold memory, scent, touch, and time. Through October, I develop multisensory textile artworks that combine handloom weaving, embroidery, hand-painting, and the revival of real silver (Chandi) printing on fabric. Created in collaboration with women artisans in the Himalayan foothills of Jammu, these works invite audiences to experience textiles beyond the visual - as objects of presence, belonging, and sensory engagement rooted in slow craft traditions. For London Craft Week (LCW), we will curate a special textile artwork that reflects ideas of material memory and sensory mapping. Alongside the presentation, we will conduct a Chandi block printing workshop to introduce audiences to this rare and gradually disappearing textile technique, followed by a live Q&A session connecting audiences with artisans in India, creating dialogue around craft, collaboration, and cultural continuity./p>
Pragya Aggarwal, founder of October, lead a textile practice rooted in community collaboration and traditional craft revival, creating multisensory textile artworks that bring together artisan knowledge, material storytelling, and contemporary expression through slow, handmade processes.