REVIVAL OF RELIC KHANA MATERIAL AS CONTEMPORARY DESIGNER'S BED LINEN
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2007-09-01
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore
Abstract
The present study entitled "Revival of relic khana material as
contemporaiy bed linen" was conducted during 2004 - 06. Traditional
handwoven khana materials are the blouse (kubasa) material with
extra warp dobby figures of Northern Karnataka. In the present days,
the utility of khana materials for cboli purpose has declined to a
greater extent affecting the weaver's community. Hence efforts were
made to revive the relic khana material by diversifying its utility
towards designing contemporary diwan sets.
According to objectives, 30 each of housewives and working
women were interviewed using self structured schedule by personally
interviewing to assess the most suitable fibre content, colour and
pattern of khana material for designing diwan sets. Five diwan sets
were designed by using different patchwork techniques like block,
crazy, logcabin, mosaic and tucked patchworks. They were surface
enriched with tribal embroideries and accessories viz.., coins, shells,
tassels, frills and bells to give an ethnic look. Further, consumer's
acceptance to the newly designed diwan sets was assessed from 50
each of housewives and working women to reveal its suitability to the
contemporaiy era. Mosaic patchwork was highly accepted followed by
block, logcabin, tucked and crazy patchwork. About 82 percent of the
respondents opined excellent for designer's diwan sets and expressed
that they give trendy look. These diwan sets were digitized using Corel
DRAW version 7.0 to throw light on applicability of khana on three
lighter background material viz.., blue, red and yellow. The total cost
and return was high in block and crazy patchworks, moderate for
tucked and logcabin patchworks and low for mosaic patchwork. These
designer's diwan sets have great demand in three star and five star
hotels which would enrich their interiors. Self entrepreneurs can
expand their units to build international market and in turn promote
khana weavers.
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