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Sanad VerifiedBashir Ahmad Dar
4th Generation · Sozni Embroidery
Downtown, Srinagar
Sozni needle work so fine it requires a magnifying glass to count stitches. 40 years with the same needle.
Hunarmand · Living craft
Sozni needlework is set into the surface of a pashmina shawl. The finest masters work both faces of the shawl identically, an act that takes years per piece. The needle is the same one the master started with.
3 verified masters · workshops year-round
Three living masters
Each profile opens the master's Vault — what only they know, captured for the people who come next.
4th Generation · Sozni Embroidery
Downtown, Srinagar
Sozni needle work so fine it requires a magnifying glass to count stitches. 40 years with the same needle.
3rd Generation · Sozni Embroidery
Habba Kadal, Srinagar
Creates double-sided sozni where both faces of the shawl are identical — a near-extinct technique.
2nd Generation · Sozni Embroidery
Anantnag, Anantnag
Youngest master in sozni. Combines traditional hashia border motifs with contemporary composition.