Embroidery..

Il be leaving for a project with a Handicrafts NGO in Bhuj soon...how sooon i'm not sure...but soon:) ....Since il be dealing mostly with the embroidery department I dug up my 4th semester files on Traditional Embroideries of India to do some brushing up!

These are the 5 embroideries I chose to study...

Embroidery is widely practiced throughout India with different stylistic variations that serve to distinguish the workmanship of one region from that of another.

Kashida-Kashmir

KASHIDAKARI- KASHMIRI EMBROIDERY

->Ari work -chain stitches (shawls,kurta,pheran,upholstery, ) 

->Sozni-delicate needle work(shawls,garments)

->Rezkar-similar to Szni but with longer stitches

->Tilla and Dori work-executed with silver and gold thread(pheran,sari,shawls)

  

Chikinkari -Lucknow

CHIKANKARI-EMBROIDERY OF LUCKNOW

Subtle embroidery,white on white,in which minute and delicate stitches stand out as textural contrasts,shadows and traceries.Some stitches are worked from the back of the fabric,some from the front

KASUTI EMBROIDERY-KARNATAKA

An amalgamation of the double running stich,(Gavanti), zig-zag stitch( Muragi), darning stich (Menthe) Traditionally, this embroidery technique was used on fabrics related to rituals of marraige,childbirth and festivities.

Kasuti embroidery

Banjara Embroidery

BANJARA EMBROIDERY-RAJASTHAN             

Different pattern, geometric combinations and motifs are sewed with different stitches.The use of mirrors,vibrant colours ,shells and beads creates a kaleidoscopic ensemble

KANTHA EMBROIDERY-WEST BENGAL

Patched ,quilted and vividly embroidered with colourful threads in simple running stitch

Kantha Embroidery

Fabric surface ornamentation was my favorite  subject in college (only after History of Costumes of ‘course )…