Aziz Khatri lives in Bhadli in the Kutch region of Gujarat. He is a specialist in tie-dyeing and a graduate of the Kala Raksha Vidhalaya, a design school run by Judy Frater which provides artisans with an education programme that helps them design and make products that suit growing urban markets. The programme encourages artisans to take charge of their own creativity and explore their traditions in a contemporary context. As design education in colleges and universities is not accessible to these artisans, it is a unique programme which was initially taught at the Kala Raksha Vidhalaya (KRV) and is now taught at the Somaiya Kala Vidya. Graduates of the school call themselves artisan-designers.

Aziz comes from a family of dyers and while he is the greater creative, his brother Suleman Khatri has an input and is usually involved in the making and also runs the business. Their work is characterised by particularly fine tie-dying and innovative designs. This dupatta is called ‘kiri makori’ which translates as ants. Aziz was inspired by seeing groups of ants forming loose amoeba like forms as they moved across the floor. The knotting was done by women in the town before it was dyed in their workshops.