Phulkari

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This is originally done in cotton threads on soft white cotton cloths, but it is now also done on lightweight fabrics like cotton, linen, georgette, or chiffons. Various shades of red color are mostly used for the base fabric because of the sense of auspiciousness attached with this color. Other popular colors are blue and its various shades. White is used for elderly ladies. Embroidery is done with the use of colors, such as golden yellow, crimson, orange, blue, violet, green, dark brown, and white. The beauty of phulkari is enhanced by using shiny silk thread that produces an illusion of more than one shade of the color. According to Flora Annie Steel (as published in the Journal of Asian Art, 1888): Phulkari was a home-craft, a leisure time activity, crafted with passion for personal use or to gift it to near and dear ones and was never meant for sale. During colonial rule, these became part of gift basket locally described as “ dali” that were presented to the British and other high officials on Christmas and also as a gesture of gratification. National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy, New Delhi, India, https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/national-crafts-museum-delhi-things-to-see-6157814/ This is a unique kind of bagh having the field divided in 52 squares. Each square has different geometrical motif.

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T. Richard Blurton, Sunand Prasad, Geeta Kapur, Walter Smith, Rosemary Crill, Ratan Parimoo, S. J. Vernoit, Daniel Ehnbom, M. C. Joshi and James H. Nye. India, Republic of. Grove Art Online [1]It was a little too insta poetry for me - a lot of space was wasted on bite size poems that could be better described as tweets or insta captions. I read it in the span of a 30 min tube ride…and I was actively trying to read it slowly lol Zardosi is a commonly seen work in almost all bridal trousseau in India; it weaves gold and silver thread onto the fabric to create very beautiful and intricate patterns.

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Kasuti embroidery inspired from articles of daily use like rudraksha, flower pot, anklets, bells, chess square, cradle. Earlier, this work was affordable only to the rich, but nowadays, because of the many substitute materials used, this work is widely available. This phulkari uses navy blue as the base color with geometrical motifs embroidered in white floss giving an impression of silken mirror, that is, reshmusheesha.

Phulkari used to be done on homespun and home-woven dyed khadi material, usually in rust color and is done with untwisted silken thread Patt in magenta, yellow, green-blue, and saffron colors. The Silk threads used were hand-dyed with vegetable dyes. But now, it is done on cotton, silk, and even on synthetic materials. This pulkari is made on blue base fabric as per its name. Small flowers are embroidered with yellow and red silken thread. Someone I really love lent me this collection, so I didn’t know anything about it going in. I can safely say that I love how personal this is to me and my culture. Not very common in texts published in English, I appreciate that. Unfortunately, it just didn’t hit the way I wanted it to :( Haryana being an agricultural state, in which women’s also work with men in the fields, hence crafts not evolved into an art form and remain root to their original usage. Art and crafts of Haryana mainly cover the range of pottery, embroidery, and weaving. Colorful phulkari dupatta of Haryana is famous in India and abroad. Traditionally, use of coarse khaddar fabric made it easy to count the yarn. The base khaddar cloth used in Western Punjab was finer than what was used in Central Punjab. The fabric was woven in widths, which were narrow, as the width of the loom was such. Thus, the fabric had to be stitched lengthwise to make the desired width, which was later embroidered. This practice of stitching two pieces was common among textiles of Punjab in the early 20th century. In West Punjab (now in Pakistan), two or three pieces of cloth were first folded and joined, leading to distorted designs. In East Punjab (now Punjab, Haryana, and part of Himachal Pradesh), they were joined first and then embroidered. 20th century Phulkari from Punjab (India), Honolulu Museum of Art Patterns [ edit ] Women artisans embroidering with Patt in Rajpura, Punjab (India), 2015

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and the tutorials to make 10 easy mirror embroidery designs Mirror embroidery design techniques Chikankari Personal Physical Exercise, Fitness | Companies rotorua business directory healthworks fitness center – 1 porter cir cambridge, ma – health & fitness, exercise & fitness programs, health clubs – (617)-497-2673 Different categories of Haryana handicrafts The “Nazar Battu” or a mark to ward off the evil eye (intentionally an animal has been left with just an outline). Image by Julia Hatmaker (PennLive) The motifs that the women used in their embroidery were taken from anything. They were anything from their imagination, their surroundings, their environment, nature, gardens, or just a mother and a daughter talking. Using these motifs, women expressed their emotions ad their creativity. Some common motifs used in the Phulkari embroidery are belan (rolling pin), kakri (cucumber), chandrama (moon), and Satranga (7 colors). Other commonly used motifs in this embroidery were taken from immediate surroundings and environment like animals, flowers, trees, birds, etc. Different Types of Phulkari Phulkari is a collection of poetry and prose that explores themes such as grief, identity, love, spirituality and healing. The themes specifically relate to the complexities that come with being a woman, a Panjabi, and a Sikh.This is in Waris Shah’s version of Heer Ranjha, a legendary Punjabi tragic romance, where the wedding outfit of Heer, the female protagonist, is discussed and they talk about several items of clothing and outfits with Phulkari embroidery. There is also the reference of Phulkari in the Mahabharata, the Vedas, Guru Granth Sahib, and some Punjabi folk songs. Nonetheless, it is believed that no matter what the origin of this embroidery is, it will always be very different and unique to Punjab. History and Traditions of Phulkari Image – Wikimedia Sainchi Phulkari/Nilak Phulkari, 20th century. The Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Phulkari Collection. Image Credit: Philadelphia Museum of Art.