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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.
Motifs used in nakshi kantha are deeply influenced by religious beliefs and culture. Although no strict symmetry is followed, a finely embroidered nakshi kantha will always have a focal point. Most kanthas feature a lotus as the central motif, with undulating vines, floral patterns, or a shari border motif surrounding it.
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.
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 .
Baluchari saree - Mahabharat motif showing the Pandavas marrying Draupadi. [10] Baluchari saris, locally called Baluchori saris, today often have depictions from scenes of Mahabharat and Ramayana. During the Mughal and British eras, they had a square design in the pallu with paisley motifs in them. They depicted scenes from the lives of the ...
Toda embroidery, also locally known as "pukhoor", [1] is an art work among the Toda pastoral people of Nilgiris, in Tamil Nadu, made exclusively by their women. [1] The embroidery, which has a fine finish, appears like a woven cloth [2] but is made with use of red and black threads with a white cotton cloth background.
The word Sujani is a compound word of ‘su’ meaning "easy and facilitating" and ‘jani’ meaning "birth". [2] The motifs sewn on the quilt represented sun and cloud, indicative of life-giving forces, fertility symbols, sacred animals, and mythical animals to protect against evil forces, and to attract blessings from the gods. Use of ...
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]