Dori means “to bring together” in Hindi. Our Dori Collection takes inspiration from its name and fuses heritage with modern design to create bespoke accessories.
Our Dori collection features design aesthetic and craftsmanship that preserves artisanal sensibilities and minimalism to harmoniously blend form with function.
Inspired by minimalism, detail-oriented craftsmanship our dori collection offers versatile accessories handcrafted with kauna reed, cotton and jute.
An ode to love for tradition, ZIVELI aspires to create a fair platform for artisans in India to express and honour their craft. Using old school techniques that have been passed down from many generations, each Dori piece is lovingly handmade using quality natural dyes, natural fibres and naturally tanned handcrafted leather.
Our Dori Collection is a labour of love.
Below are the details of how each of our bags are handcrafted.
The bag making starts with the weaving of Jute and Cotton fibres. Jute is used in a horizontal fashion (in shuttles of loom) to hide the roughness, and to give a detailed finish through cotton thread overlaying. Our jute cotton yarn is dyed in natural indigo for this season.
Both jute and cotton thread are processed as follows to feed into the hand loom:
Jute:
Huge reels of jute thread are fed into charkha. Which helps it to unwind from a bigger lot to shift to a much smaller reel, called “Pirn” which is fed into the shuttle of handloom. Jute used is generally soft, and is a bit thicker than cotton thread. Which provides durability.
Cotton:
Cotton thread is also fed into charkha to create a bobbin with cotton yarn. Numbers of these cotton thread bobbins are placed in long wooden stands, which makes up a “Creel” which is then rolled onto a warp beam to create a seamless parallel bunch of threads, rolled on a roller (beam lad), it is placed on a handloom machine, and this process collectively is called as “warping”. From there individual thread is drawn into two sets of heddle shaft, later on passing into the reed, which prevents the tangling of threads while weaving. Heddle shaft is connected to a foot-operated pedal which while pedaling lifts up alternate heddle shaft which in turn lifts alternate half of the cotton threads, during this process a gap is created between two heddle shafts and shuttle (which is carrying jute thread) travels to lay out jute thread, which then is locked by the “Beater”, the completed part of weaving is collected by cloth roller placed on weaver’s side simultaneously. This process continues at a greater speed to produce continuous length of fabric as per required width and length.
The completed fabric is then used to make the bags. The bags are hand stitched near the joining. The bags are then given a lining from the inside. Naturally tanned, handcrafted leather handles are added on, which can withstand maximum weight, and is hand stitched in similar fashion.
To order bags from our Dori Collection please get in touch with us on contact@ziveli.in or +91 8884597356.
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