Our artisans
In Assam, weaving is not a job description it is a form of expression, therapeutic to the soul. Women here weave their personality into their creations: birds, animals and flowers embroidered along the borders, every saree destined to adorn someone.
Drape the exquisite Mekhela Sador the richness of this handwoven artwork requires still more hours of weaving to nourish the weaver's charm.
10 years at the loom
Muga silk weaver · Kaliabor
A native of Kaliabor, Nareshwar takes pride in crafting exquisite handwoven heritage Muga silk. He left formal schooling early to support his family, and found the dream of variety in weaving instead.
"Northeast India is a mega-biodiverse. I love my job at Sereki. It has given me a livelihood, a safe space to learn, grow, and hone a skill that requires patience and pure dedication."
Almost 3 years at Sereki
Bodo weaver · Rajbor, Kokrajhar
Nileema learnt to weave at the Textile Centre of Assam. A native from Rajbor, she weaves Dokhona the traditional handwoven attire of Bodo women and is part of the indigenous Bodo group of Assam.
"Rural weavers of Northeast India make a nurturing community. I had the same love that I experience at Sereki when I am back home."
Learnt under her husband's mentorship
Paat & Muga silk · Sereki atelier
Xeuti learnt the intricacies of crafting exquisite handwoven Paat and Muga silk under her husband Nareshwar's mentorship, and now designs alongside him.
"Becoming economically independent changed my life. It has given me an income, and now my job has given me confidence in me. Working at Sereki makes me happy."
5 years at the loom
Youngest weaver · Sereki atelier
Suman has been with Sereki for the past five years and is the youngest weaver we love to see blooming. Every festival season, his loom runs the longest.
"Life has given me an opportunity to earn a livelihood and support my family. Weaving for Sereki has given me peace, which I value over everything else."
9 years at Sereki
Master weaver · Heritage handloom
Each piece Maaju has crafted at Sereki over the past nine years has been just his own. He is proud to have handed the indigenous craft of weaving heritage handloom textiles of the Northeast forward.
"Weaving at Sereki has given me the wings to fly. My job as an Indian weaver is my labour of love to the world."
Why it matters
Weavers earn without leaving their village no migration, no factory floor, no lost mother tongue.
For many of our women weavers, the loom was the first income of their own. That changes a household.
Younger weavers learn from master hands, so kingkhap and miri-gos motifs outlive all of us.
Wear their work
Every mekhela sador, saree and gamosa on Sereki was woven by one of these hands.