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Khetuben Rana Rabari l Kachhi Rabari Embroidery l Attended Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya in year 2006

Khetuben Rana Rabari

Traditional Art: Kachhi Rabari Embroidery

Born: 1965
No Formal Education
Address: Tunda Vandh
Ta. Mundra, Kutch 370435
Phone: (pp) 02838 275853

Khetuben says
“We knew embroidery from the start, but now we are learning new things. I learned the details of colour matching. I learned to make new designs from old ones. I gained confidence.”

Khetuben learned embroidery from her mother and aunts in Nakhtrana when she was 12. That was education in those days, she says. After marriage and moving to Vandh, she joined Kala Raksha and has worked with the NGO for 10 years. Khetuben has gone to Delhi and Mumbai to attend sales and gain market feedback on Rabari work. She is also a member of the Wages Committee and the Design Committee. Khetuben has attended design workshops conducted by Nita Thakore and The Creative Thread Trust (France).

A good artisan is intelligent, she believes. She must be peaceful and concentrate, and she must know the rules of tradition. Her wish is for embroidery to continue, because it is a part of Rabari identity. But with experience, artisans gain the confidence to venture beyond tradition too.