Inside the Story · two new sources a week
Where does
a print begin?
Two sources a week. A carved screen, a woven fragment, a salt flat seen from orbit. We trace it, and show how each print was derived from a different part of it.
14stories so far · Oct 2026
Earlier stories

One Yellow Boteh
Craft · 10 Oct 2026

Gold on Black: the Bidri Iris
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The Invisible Net
Craft · 8 Oct 2026

The Ibex and the Fingerprint Jar
Art · 7 Oct 2026

What the Romans Put on the Floor
Art · 6 Oct 2026

The Forest That Sailed to Sulawesi
Craft · 5 Oct 2026

Nine Nights, Nine Colours, One Circle
Festival · 4 Oct 2026

A Carpet Made of Tiles
Architecture · 3 Oct 2026

The Tortoise Ferries the Monkey
Folklore · 2 Oct 2026

Six Flowers in One Speck of Dust
Science · 1 Oct 2026

The Salt Pans of the Rann
Nature · 30 Sept 2026

The Cloth Dyed Before It Was Woven
Craft · 29 Sept 2026

The Jali That Cooled a Mughal City
Architecture · 28 Sept 2026




