Master · Kanihama, Budgam

Ghulam Rasool

41 years at the work · Kani

Pieces in the ledger

Ghulam Rasool learned the kani loom from his father at twelve. He weaves four pieces a year and refuses to teach anyone who has not first watched him work, in silence, for a season. He keeps his talim — the coded notation that drives the loom — in a notebook with a green cloth cover that has been with him since 1989.

“The pattern is older than I am. I am only the most recent person to carry it forward.”
— Ghulam Rasool, Kanihama, Budgam

Work by this hand

Pieces Ghulam has signed

Kani — woven

The Saffron Kani

Kani-woven pashmina · saffron and burgundy

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