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used for weaving. With the help of a carpenter, she cut off the top of the reed which consisted of iron filings stuck with tar. This allowed her to screw it on the wooden rack of the loom. Being able to unscrew at her will meant that she was able to release the reed according to her requirement. This
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enabled her to collect the wefts and then, by shifting the reed she could displace them slightly, thus allowing a sense of movement within the weave. Correa has applied this technique to her tapestries which make her experimental weaves quite unique and fascinating.
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to create weaves for Bombay Arts Festival in 1966. Alongside K. G. Subramanyan and Nelly Sethna, Correa created two pieces for the festival – one of which was the work titled 'Original Sin', for which she had used hand-spun wool.
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rugs and was thoroughly impressed by them. This sparked Correa's interest and motivated her to learn weaving. Subsequently, in America, she got a chance to meet
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After Correa returned to India in 1963, she got the loom built for herself according to the design shared by Strengell. She had also told Correa about
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Following the recognition received at this event, bulk of Correa's work came about as exclusive commissions. Some of her creations include weaves for
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Correa trained for three months between 1964 and 1965 at the Weavers’ Service Center (WSC) in Mumbai. It was a research institute headed by
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In 1962, Monika had accompanied her husband when he was called to teach at the
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The innovative aspect of Correa's work has been her re-structuring of the
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read, Deepika Sorabjee·In-DepthInterviews··6 min (23 July 2020).
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Her textile creations are a part of leading collections at the
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Correa's breakthrough moment came about when she was asked by
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in New York and The Constitutional Court of South Africa in
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in 1958. Later, she married the notable Indian architect
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Bombay Presidency
British India
Textile artist
Charles Correa
monikacorrea.com
née
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Tate
B.Sc.
Microbiology
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
Charles Correa
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Helsinki
Finland
Rya
Ryijy
Marianne Strengell
György Kepes
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Nelly Sethna
Pupul Jayakar
Government of India
K. G. Subramanyan
Prabhakar Barwe
dhurries
Pilloo Pochkhanawala
Philip Johnson

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