Adaptation of kathiawar embroidery motifs to fabric painting
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2018
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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 kathiawar embroidery motifs to fabric painting. Seventy kathiawar embroidery motifs
were collected personally from secondary sources like books, journals, and internet. The collected
motifs were categorized as geometrical, floral, and animal & bird motifs and were screened into thirty
motifs by advisory committee keeping in mind their suitability for fabric painting on jacket. These
three categories included ten motifs each. Top ranked four motifs in each category were selected by
experts for further research work. Maximum number of collected motifs were animal & bird motifs
followed by floral motifs. A total of sixty designs were created using twelve selected motifs with the
help of CorelDRAW software. Top ranked five designs were selected by experts by using a preferential
choice index for design placements and colour ways. A total of five painted jackets were developed as
per the selected designs, their placements and colour ways. Developed jackets were assessed by
thirty consumers for their acceptability level on various parameters. Design number 3, 13 and 21
were highly acceptable designs while design number 45 and 46 were acceptable designs. Created
designs, design placements, colour ways and fabric painting technique were highly acceptable
parameters of all the designs by consumers. In terms of overall appearance, three jackets (design
number 3, 13 and 21) were assessed as highly appealing and two jackets (design number 45 and 46)
were assessed as appealing. Cost of all the developed jackets was considered „appropriate.
Consumers had high opinion about all the designs of developed jackets 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 jacket with average scores ranging between 2.36 to 2.59. Expert had high opinion regarding
adaptation of kathiawar embroidery for fabric painting as they strongly opined that fabric painting is
easy in execution and has effectively replicated the effect of kathiawar embroidery to maintain its
beauty. It is time saving and cost effective surface embellishment technique as per market trend with
WMS ranging between 2.34-2.76. Thus, transformation of innovative designs of kathiawar embroidery
into fabric painting has enhanced the range of designing and productivity.
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