GULAR KE PHOOL

HANDWOVEN

YARN DYED

KALA COTTON

HAND SEWN APPLIQUE

ROD POCKET AND HOOK TAB

THIS DESIGN IS INSPIRED BY ITS NAMESAKE - THE FLOWERS OF THE GULAR TREE. ELUSIVE ENOUGH TO BE THE SUBJECT OF MYTH AND MYSTERY, BUT REALLY SIMPLY HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.

ADAGES IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES POSIT THE SIGHTING OF A GULAR FLOWER IN THE REALM OF THE EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, SINCE IT SUPPOSEDLY NEVER BLOOMS. REALITY IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT - NOT ONLY DO GULAR FLOWERS BLOOM BUT THEY ALSO DO SO MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR, IN TINY CLUSTERS OF THOUSANDS. JUST NOT IN THE SAME WAY AS OTHER FLOWERS. GULAR FLOWERS GROW AND BLOOM INSIDE THE GULAR FRUIT, WHICH IS REALLY JUST A CHAMBER OR 'SYCONIUM' THAT HOUSES THEM ALONGSIDE LITTLE FIG WASPS WHOSE LIVES BEGIN AND END INSIDE THE GULAR FRUIT AND AMIDST GULAR FLOWERS.