Himāl

Above the valley, the light on the snow changes by the minute. Himāl chases that exact register: a palette pulled from glacier blue, granite and the brief gold the peaks hold at last light.

The cloth does the structural work. Hand-spun Chyangra pashmina and highland wool are woven loosely enough to fall in long unbroken lines, so a single length can wrap, drape and fasten without a seam interrupting it. Warmth becomes the architecture.

It is the quietest collection in the monograph, and intentionally so — a held breath between the dense ornament of the Newar pieces.