Sowmyalakshmi is a full-time history nerd, bookworm and environmentalist, but her official description lists her as an 'international textile artist who is all for exotic and skill-based art'. She has a Masters in Chemistry, Bachelors in Education and a Diploma in Fashion Designing. She has trained under many artists and craftsmen before venturing on her own. 

With  a whopping 25 years of experience in the doll-making game and multiple awards under her belt spanning a silver in the 'Quilted Creations' in Quilt Show, Dubai 2020, another silver in the same in The Festival of Quilts, Birmingham 2021, and a Judge's Choice in the latter again circa 2023, and audiences in the Visvesvaraya Museum of Bangalore, the prestigious India Art, Architechture and Design Bienalle in Delhi, 2024 and in all editions of the International India Quilt Show, she has a vision set beyond simply creating products off-the-shelves, and specialises in easy-to-maintain, useful, and sustainable masterpieces. Her aides are women from disadvantaged sections of society, employed with a guarantee of a stable and reasonable monthly income.

 

Here at our enterprise, we have worked on sustainably designed clothing, fabric art, collectibles, accessories and gifts  for every occasion over the years. What started as Sowmya's passionate home-based effort in the cradle of  2008 now has her art (Sowmyalakshmi) and collaborative, utilitarian work by our team (Meow's Collections and Paanchaalika) of women who pay their bills with what they earn with joy.