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Bashir Ahmad Jan
India
Year(s) attended: 2008, 2009, 2010
Weaving and Embroidery
Bashir Ahmad Jan of Kashmir, India, has achieved worldwide recognition for his needlecraft embroidery on pashmina wool, which is created on a hand loom. Inspired by the natural beauty of his region, Jan painstakingly creates shawls, embroidering the fine pashmina wool with delicate patterns in silk thread known as sozni needlecraft. These shawls often are used in marriage parties, as they are known as the “fabric of royals.”
Jan is the winner of the 2001 UNESCO crafts prize and the national award of India’s Ministry of Textiles.
