PRESENTATION �ON�KUTCH EMBROIDERY

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• SUBMITTED BY: RUPVINDER KAUR

Meaning

Embroidery is the art of using stitches as a decorative feature in their own right by embellishing fabric or other material with design stitches in strands of threads or yarns using a needle. Embroidery may also incorporate other material such as pearl, beads, mirrors and sequence.

Kutch Embroidery�

The Kutch Embroidery is a handicraft and textile signature art tradition of the tribal community of Kutch District in Gujarat, India. This embroidery with its rich designs has made a notable contribution to the Indian embroidery tradition. The embroidery, practiced normally by women is generally done on fabrics of cotton, in the form of a net using cotton or silk threads.

�History

History of the Kutch Embroidery is traced to the 16th and 17th centuries when people migrated from the countries such as Afghanistan, Greece, Germany, Iran and Iraq to Gujarat. It is also said that cobblers known as Mochis were trained in this art form by the Muslim sufi saints of Sindh. The art form became a vocation for women of Kutch not only to meet their own clothing requirements but also to make a other materials. It became a generational art with the skills taught from mother to daughter.

�Material used

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• Fabric
• Embroidery Loop
• Needle
• Mirrors
• Embroidery Floss

Kutch Represented By

Ahir Bharat

• Ancient peasant community
• Migrated from Gokul Mathura
• Round mirrors are used with geometrical and floral motifs.
• Dharempur, Nagor, Lodai, Habai are the main Centre's.

Mochi Bharat

• Ari Embroidery
• Chain Stitch
• Done on silk or locally made satin called Gajji .
• Motifs like peacock and flowers.

Kanbi Bharat

• The kanbis prefer the use of white, yellow or saffron base cloth for their garments.
• Working with chain stitch in colourful motifs.
• Motifs like peacock, parrot, sunflower, cactus flower.

Rabari Work

• Rabari belong to giri region.
• Done on hand woven khaddar or khadi material of maroon color.
• Done on door curtains, wall decoration and household articles, but not on garments.
• Motifs expressed life, movement like horse, dog sleeping, deer hopping etc.

Stitches Used

The stitches used in the embroidery of Sindh, Kutch and Kathiawar are:

• Chain stitch
• Herringbone
• Interlacing stitch
• Darning stitch
• Buttonhole stitch

Colour Used

Chain stitch is usually done in the white or any other colour, interlacing stitch is done with indigo, blue, crimson, red, green, yellow. Mirror work is done with red, green, blue, yellow predominantly, but other colours could also be used. Herringbone is typically done in indigo, blue, crimson, yellow, but not limited to those, other colours could also be used.

Motifs

Motifs used in this embroidery are flowers, creepers, foliages, parrots, peacock, bulbul, human figure, dancing doll, karnphul ( the flower shaped earing ) are main motifs.

Articles

The famous articles are cholis, pajamas, jackets, caps, and other children’s garments.

Some more articles are famous like household articles, torans, cushion covers, door hangings, floor mats, and footwear called mojadis etc.

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