The hands
behind every thread.
Every garment by KARM 108 carries the name of its maker. We don't manufacture in factories — we collaborate with master artisans, family workshops, and women-led collectives across India.
कारीगरBhagaban Maharana
Raghurajpur, Odisha
Born into a hereditary line of palm-leaf engravers, Bhagaban-ji has spent four decades painting the Vaishnav imagination onto cloth. His house in Raghurajpur is a registered heritage studio.
"मेरी कूँची मेरी पूजा है। (My brush is my prayer.)"
कारीगरSita Devi Collective
Madhubani, Bihar
A women-led collective of 28 painters across the Madhubani region of Bihar. Their work has been exhibited at the Crafts Museum, New Delhi and the V&A, London.
"हर रेखा एक स्त्री की कहानी है।"
कारीगरJoshi Family Painters
Shahpura, Rajasthan
Five generations of Phad scroll painters — keepers of the Pabuji and Devnarayan epics. They paint with stone-ground pigments on hand-treated khadi cloth.
"Our scrolls are not paintings — they are alive."
कारीगरNiranjan Jonnalagadda
Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh
A National Award–winning Kalamkari artist trained under his father. Niranjan-ji draws every line by bamboo pen, using dyes extracted from pomegranate, turmeric and iron filings.
"I do not use a single chemical. The cloth must breathe."
कारीगरJangarh Singh Shyam Studio
Patangarh, Madhya Pradesh
Continuing the legacy of the late Jangarh Singh Shyam — the artist who brought Gond folk art to the world stage. Today his nephews and apprentices carry the visual vocabulary forward.
"Dots are not decoration. Dots are seeds."
कारीगरBagru Block-Print Co-op
Bagru, Rajasthan
A community-owned co-op of 40 master block-printers in Bagru village. They carve their own teak blocks and use only natural dyes — indigo, madder, pomegranate.
"Each block has a soul. We just press it onto cloth."
Every piece you wear funds their craft.
We pay fair wages and credit the maker by name. No middlemen.