Tag: Bridge and Bloom

  • The Kora Edit: A Textile Art Project Rooted in Slow Cloth, Story, and Self

    The Kora Edit: A Textile Art Project Rooted in Slow Cloth, Story, and Self

    Some projects don’t begin with a design brief.
    They begin with a feeling.

    The Kora Edit is one such project — a collaborative textile art offering shaped by slow processes, lived memory, and the gentle dignity of handmade cloth.

    This is not fashion. This is not a launch.
    This is a question wrapped in fabric:
    What might happen if what we wore carried not just style, but story? Not just form, but feeling?

    Over the next three months, we will co-create a series of 18 free-size garments — made to be kept, dyed, redyed, touched, re-touched — and loved for longer than trend allows.

    🌿 What is The Kora Edit?

    ‘Kora’ means raw, blank, untouched. It is where the story begins — a metaphor for memory waiting to take form.

    The Kora Edit brings together 18 free-size garments that are:

    • Hand-treated with eco-printing, natural dyeing, and block techniques
    • Stitched by the women of Rangrez, a rural skill centre
    • Designed to be re-dyed and revived over time, so they grow with the wearer

    Each piece carries its own evolution — like the person who wears it.

    🧶 Why This Is Not Fashion

    Because we’re not trying to disrupt fashion.
    We’re trying to remember something older than it.

    We are not here to be another label that “thinks differently”.
    We are here to co-create a slower loop — where what we wear becomes an archive of who we are becoming.

    This is not a product launch. It’s a quiet experiment in textile and time.

    🪡 The Collection

    We are crafting 18 pieces — all adjustable-size, and all offered in three tiers of presence:

    1. Everyday Rituals

    Soft tops, dhotis, and wraps designed for daily rhythm

    2. Slow Statements

    Longer silhouettes and sculptural forms — garments that hold pause

    3. Living Heirlooms

    One-of-a-kind textiles to pass on or revive across time

    Each piece will carry a story tag — naming its process, place, and season.

    🤍 The White Cloth: A Symbol, Not a Blank

    Some garments will be shown undone — undyed — on purpose.
    They are symbolic. A quiet gesture toward possibility.
    They will also be available for purchase — with the invitation to re-dye later, as an act of becoming.

    🌾 Who’s Behind This Project

    • Bridge & Bloom – creative direction, project curation, and storytelling
    • Our Feets Can Cuddle – fabric and dye studio leading print, material sourcing, and technical development
    • Rangrez Skill Centre – rural women-led stitching and production
    • Vinyasa Earth – host of the final ramp walk at Zariya, their annual art festival

    This is a conversation between land, labour, and legacy.

    ✨ Support the Thread

    We’re opening this circle gently — to funders, patrons, and early collectors.

    You can:

    • Support a tier of creation (₹25K–1L) as a patron or brand
    • Pre-order a piece (₹10K–₹30K) to be delivered after the ramp
    • Offer any amount in support of textile art, rural women, and slowness

    [🧵 Read our pitch deck or funding appeal → link]

    🧭 Why The Kora Edit?

    Because cloth can be more than clothing.
    Because the hands that stitch deserve to walk beside what they make.
    Because stories can be dyed into fabric — and revived across lifetimes.

    This isn’t about owning more. It’s about owning slower.
    Not consumption — companionship.

    We’re not building a brand.
    We’re tending to a thread of thought.

  • 🌿 The Laying Stone

    🌿 The Laying Stone

    A space for the passion you’ve been carrying quietly.

    There are few moments as delicate — or as quietly brave — as admitting you want to build something of your own.

    Not out loud, maybe.
    Not to your team, or your manager, or even your closest people.
    But inside, there’s a voice. A pull. A small, steady knowing: there’s something in me I want to give shape to.

    For some, it’s a creative idea that’s lingered for years.
    For others, it’s a passion they’ve never quite named as a business — just something they love deeply and often dismiss.
    And for many, it’s a growing discomfort with “work as usual” — a longing for work that feels more like you.

    At Bridge & Bloom, I’ve worked with enough purpose-led founders to know this:
    The real start of a business doesn’t come with a website. Or a business plan.
    It comes with a sentence. A shift. A quiet decision to take that passion seriously.

    That’s what The Laying Stone is for.

    🪨 Why “The Laying Stone”?

    Because every grounded structure begins with one stone laid, carefully and intentionally.
    Not a rush of ideas. Not a to-do list. Just one step: name what you hold, and why it matters.

    The Laying Stone is a 3-hour, guided session for people with a passion they can’t ignore — but don’t yet know how to turn into a business.

    It’s not about strategy or scaling.
    It’s about seeing your story.
    It’s about shifting your language — from “someday” to “maybe now.”
    And shaping the earliest foundation of something truly yours.

    🌾 What Happens in the Session?

    The session is held virtually, in a small group of 5. That’s intentional — we keep the space intimate, reflective, and personal.

    Here’s how we move:

    1. A story to begin. I open the space with a real-life example — someone who turned a passion into a business with depth and alignment. We don’t start with theory. We start with lived experience.
    2. Guided reflection. Through writing prompts, quiet time, and simple frameworks, you’ll shape a first version of your “business narrative” — not a pitch, but a way of understanding the value inside your passion.
    3. Resonance in the circle. You’ll speak your idea aloud. Others will reflect it back. Often, what you can’t see in your own story becomes clear when it’s mirrored gently by someone else.

    You’ll leave not with a plan, but with clarity — and a first, sturdy sentence you can grow from.

    🌼 Who Is This For?

    – You’re an employee with an entrepreneurial dream you haven’t voiced yet
    – You have a passion — creative, cultural, personal — and want to explore its potential
    – You’re not looking for hype. You’re looking for honesty, structure, and soul
    – You’ve outgrown “maybe one day” and want to start with what’s true now

    💌 The Application

    Each session is ₹399 and held over Zoom. But this isn’t a sign-up-and-go space.
    There’s an application — not to judge, but to curate a group that feels right.

    You’ll share your name, your WhatsApp number, and a few lines about your passion. I’ll reach out personally, and if it feels like a fit, we’ll welcome you into the next cohort.

    🌷 A Quiet Beginning

    So many people wait until everything is ready.
    But in my work, I’ve seen again and again: it begins when you’re willing to speak the truth of your passion — even if your voice shakes a little.

    The Laying Stone is for that beginning.
    For the people sitting with something beautiful, unshaped, and real.
    For the early builders. The gentle starters. The quietly brave.

    If that’s you —
    I’d love to hold space for what you’re growing. Apply below