utsa Handmade Textile Products

utsa is a small textile and product design studio. Utsa has a main design resource center in Calcutta as well as a workshop in the wilderness out near Shantiniketan, northwest of the city.

At the moment, utsa's focus is to revive and contemporise 'kantha'. Kantha was a way of recycling old sarees by joining layers and layers together with the ordinary 'running stitch'. Utsa uses the same technique to create new versatile products for the home.

By simplifying and contemporising the old designs, the kantha's appeal can reach out to many more people across the globe. This in turn keeps the village women who subsist on this craft employed.