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The motifs may include images of flowers and leaves, birds and fish, animals, kitchen items, and even toilet articles. While most kanthas have an initial pattern, no two nakshi kanthas are the same. Although traditional motifs are repeated, individual touches are evident in the variety of stitches, colours, and shapes.
Kantha used as bed for a baby. Kantha is a form of embroidery often practised by rural women. The traditional form of Kantha embroidery was done with soft dhotis and saris, with a simple running stitch along the edges. Depending on the use of the finished product they were known as Lepkantha or Sujni Kantha.
Modern Naksi kantha. Naksha is embroidery on many layers of cloth (like quilting), with running stitch. It is also known as dorukha which mean the designs/motifs are equally visible in both sides: there is no right or wrong side so both side are usable. Traditionally, worn out clothes and saris were piled together and stitched into quilts.
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Different forms of folk art tend to repeat these common motifs. For instance, the lotus, the sun, the tree-of-life, flowery creepers etc. are seen in paintings, embroidery, weaving, carving and engraving. Other common motifs are fish, elephant, horse, peacock, circle, waves, temple, mosque etc. Many of these motifs have symbolical meanings.
The film-maker, Satyajit Ray, who began his career in advertising and graphic design, used motifs from alpanas in advertisements, illustrates, and on book jackets. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The artist Rabi Biswas has worked to preserve and record traditional alpanas taught to him by female family members, and now teaches alpana art in West Bengal. [ 6 ]
Traditional Nakshi Kantha of Bangladesh Embroidery sampler by Alice Maywood, 1826 Laid threads, a surface technique in wool on linen. The Bayeux Tapestry , 11th century Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn .
Pencil2D is a free and open-source 2D animation software for Windows, macOS, and Unix-like operating systems. It is released under the GNU General Public License and uses the Qt framework . It is used for making cartoons using traditional techniques (tracing drawings, onion skinning , etc), managing vector and bitmap drawings.