INDIA ON WHEELS - A trip for pleasure!: Sarees

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Indian Art & Craft : Sarees and Fabrics from various states - 18

The Coromandel Coast of India was historically the source of some of the most beautifully coloured and delicately worked cooton fabrics. Here mordants, resists and brushes or pens were traditionally applied and used to produce exquisite figurative and floral designs. This Kalamkari cloth of south-east India had been known as "pintado" by the Portuguese and "Chintz" by the English. Around the mid nineteenth century, printing blocks were introduced and from then on very little freehand kalam (pen) drawing was done. Baluchari materials essentially have a silk base with silk brocaded designs. In spite of a rich composition, The Baluchari sarees have large floral motifs interspersed with flowering shrubs. Traditionally, the Muslim community was known to produce Baluchars with figured patterns depicting court scenes, rider on a horse, women smoking hookahs and much more. These textiles were developed mainly in Murshidabad in West Bengal. Brocades or the kinkhabs have a long history dating back to several centruies. Varanasi or Banaras is the undisputed centre of India's zari-figured silk weaving (brocade) industry. Other well-known brocades are Baftas, Potthans, Kimkhabs, Amrus and Tanchois. Kanchipuram - the silk brocade sarees of south India are considered very auspicious and are worn on ceremonial occasions. Today, brocades have a very strong mass market. Due to the glitter and beauty of this textile, its appeal is increasing not only in the field of garments but also in accessories like purses, belts, caps, shoes and cushions. Guys, take a look at below slide show for various Indian Sarees.

Ikat is a type of weaving where the warp, weft or both are tie-dyed before weaving to create designs on the finished fabric. Ikat fabrics of Gujarat, whcih involve a seqeuntial binding of sections of yarns, are well known. Patola, which is also called double ikat, comes from Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Gujarat. Ikat textiles of India have the distinction of being among the most highly priced textiles in the world. Worn during marriages, they are also used as coverings for royal elephants and horses or as hangings in temples and for the adornment of deities. The designs that predominate in Patola textiles are gemoetric, floral and figurative motifs,. Bright colours like green , yellow, red and black are commonly used. A saree length takes two men seven months to complete.

Indian Art & Craft : Sarees and Fabrics - 17

Cotton are still woven in a myraid of colours and block-printed in animal and floral motifs in every little alleyway of India. Jewel toned sarees from the southern temple town of Kanchipuram are an anachronism in the nifty black-dress culture that's swept all global capitals. Bengal offers Balunchari silk sarees and crisp cotton ones. The bridal brocade sarees, sometimes embedded with semi-precious stones and sparkling gold threaded beads from Varanasi transform well into the moderen apparel sensibility as stoles and scarves. Gold Muga silks from Assam are terrific yardage for dresses, as are the bibrant raw silks from Mysore.

Illkal sarres from Karnataka and the Narayanpet textiles from Andhra Pradesh are also much sough-after. Gadwal and Wanaparti produce materials of thick cotton, mostly in checks with a contrasting silk border. Nander is famous for its fine quality cottons sarees richly worked in gold thread with silk border. Venkatagiri manufactures sarees of the Jamdani technique with stylized motifs woven in half cotton and half gold threads. Bandhani material are made using resist-dyeing techniques popularly called Tie and Dye (internationally this technique is known by its Malay-Indonesian name "Plangi"). These patterns are commonly seen on long scarves, sarees, turbans. The prosperous state of Gujarat and the princely land of Rajasthan have long been famous for the cultivation of cotton and the sue of bright colours obtained through the dyeing process.

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Indian Art & Craft : Sarees and Fabrics from various states - 18

Indian Art & Craft : Sarees and Fabrics - 17

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