In a contemporary design landscape often driven by trends, artist and founder Saumya Kashyap is carving a quieter, deeper path. Through Veyari, a pioneering thread-on-cane art form, she is redefining how Indian craft can live within modern spaces - not as décor, but as narrative art. Veyari is Saumya Kashyap’s original technique that uses rattan cane as a structural …
In a contemporary design landscape often driven by trends, artist and founder Saumya Kashyap is carving a quieter, deeper path. Through Veyari, a pioneering thread-on-cane art form, she is redefining how Indian craft can live within modern spaces – not as décor, but as narrative art.
Veyari is Saumya Kashyap’s original technique that uses rattan cane as a structural base, onto which threads are meticulously woven to create layered, painterly compositions. Saumya describes the process as “painting with threads” – where tension, restraint, and material honesty guide the work. Each piece is slow-made, tactile, and engineered to age with grace.
Caption: Detail view of Veyari – thread woven onto rattan cane
Image Credit: Vystrit
Trained as a computer engineer, Saumya’s creative journey moved from technology to photography, canvas, and spatial experimentation before culminating in Veyari. What began as material curiosity evolved into a disciplined art language with its own rules – rejecting shortcuts, trends, and mass replication.
“Craft without rules becomes décor,” says Saumya Kashyap. “Veyari needed structure – a way to protect the integrity of the material and the meaning behind the work. Every piece has to earn its presence in a space.”
Rooted in Indian craft traditions yet globally resonant, Veyari balances structure and softness, engineering and emotion. The works are not limited to wall art – they extend into furniture integrations and architectural applications, allowing art to become part of lived environments rather than remaining ornamental.
Caption: Veyari integrated into contemporary furniture and living spaces
Image Credit: Vystrit
Saumya’s practice also carries a strong social foundation. At Vystrit’s Bengaluru studio, local women artisans are trained in the Veyari process, creating a sustainable ecosystem of skill-building, fair wages, and long-term craft preservation. Sustainability, for Saumya, is not a buzzword but a commitment to material integrity, ethical processes, and longevity.
Vystrit, the design house founded by Saumya, exists as an extension of the Veyari philosophy – bringing narrative-rich, handcrafted art into contemporary living spaces. Every piece is designed to be timeless, heirloom-worthy, and difficult to replicate, owing to the deeply specialised, in-house technique.
As conversations around Indian craft evolve globally, Saumya Kashyap’s work stands out for its restraint, originality, and intellectual rigour. Veyari is not positioned as a trend, but as a growing movement – one that invites viewers to slow down, engage with materiality, and experience art as part of everyday life.
About Saumya Kashyap
Saumya Kashyap’s creative journey is marked by a transition from engineering precision to artistic expression. As the founder and chief artist of Vystrit, with a growing international presence. She has pioneered Veyari, a novel art form that weaves thread onto rattan cane, marrying discipline with poetic invention. Saumya describes Veyari as painting using threads, capturing the medium’s painterly yet tactile nature. Her design philosophy upends traditional boundaries, balancing structural rigor with the delicate nuances of craft. Her work is rooted in Indian artistic heritage, while propelling it with contemporary sensibilities and global resonance. Her work epitomizes a new age of Indian artistry: intelligent, original, globally engaged and thoughtful. Saumya leads Vystrit with quiet conviction, fostering a dialogue between art, craft, and architecture that reshapes how tradition inhabits modern living spaces.
About Vystrit
Vystrit emerges at the confluence of art, craft, and living. It is a design house where Indian heritage is reimagined for contemporary interiors. Central to its identity is Veyari, a pioneering thread-on-rattan cane technique that redefines texture and form as visual storytelling. Saumya Kashyap describes Veyari as painting using threads, a medium that liberates traditional craft from its conventional frame by allowing tactile and sculptural expressions that are both rooted and modern. Vystrit’s collections articulate a refined language of originality and restraint, embodying craftsmanship sustained by ethical practices and material integrity. The brand’s work celebrates the lineage of Indian artistry while embracing sustainability and timelessness. The objects it creates are designed to become heirlooms. In Vystrit, heritage is not a retread but a living discourse. It is an enduring dialogue between past and present, art and architecture, surface and space.
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