Adaptation of kasuti embroidery motifs for hand painted textile articles
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2016
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CCSHAU
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The present study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state to explore the possibility of
adaptation of kasuti embroidery motifs for fabric painting. Fifty kasuti embroidery motifs were
collected personally from secondary sources like books, journals, and internet. The collected motifs
were screened and categorized as geometrical, floral, and animal & bird motifs keeping in mind their
suitability for fabric painting on selected articles. These three categories included ten motifs each.
These motifs were assessed by experts for their selection. Top ranked five motifs in each category were
selected by experts for further research work. Maximum number of collected motifs were geometrical
and floral motifs. Preference of experts for selection of article to be hand painted using traditional
kasuti embroidery motifs. A total of forty five designs were created using fifteen selected motifs with
the help of CorelDRAW software. Top ranked three designs were selected by expertts by using a
preferential choice index for design placements and colour ways. A total of six articles, three hand
painted jacket and three hand painted file folder were developed as per the selected designs, their
placements and colour ways. Developed articles were assessed by sixty consumers for their
acceptability on various parameters. Created designs and fabric painting technique were highly
acceptable parameters while design placement, colour ways were acceptable parameters of all the
designs by consumers. In terms of overall appearance, design number 11 of painted jacket got Ist rank
followed by design number 16 got IInd rank while painted jacket of design number 5 got IIIrd rank.
Painted file folder of design number 37 got Ist rank, painted file folder of design number 28 got IInd
rank and painted file folder of design number 21 got IIIrd rank. Cost of all the developed articles was
considered ‘appropriate. Consumers had high opinion about all the designs of developed articles as
they were strongly agreed with all the opinion statements regarding suitability of created designs for
product and technique, size and shape of created designs, design placements, colour schemes and
overall appearance of the developed articles with average scores ranging between 2.36 to 2.60.
Consumers had high opinion regarding adaptation of kasuti embroidery for fabric painting as they
strongly opined that fabric painting was time saving and cost effective surface embellishment technique
as per market trend. It was easy in execution and has effectively replicated the effect of kasuti
embroidery to maintain its beauty. Thus, transformation of innovative designs of kasuti embroidery
motifs for hand painting has enhanced the range of designing and productivity.
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