Adaptation of traditional embroidery designs for fabric painting on jacket
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2011
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The study was conducted for adaptation of traditional embroidery designs for fabric painting
on jacket. The information was gathered from thirty shops for contemporary use of motifs, categories
of motifs and other techniques adapted for traditional embroideries. The maximum no. of floral motifs
of Chikankari, Phulkari, Kashida & Kathiawar embroidery were in contemporary use which were
mainly worked in machine embroidery except the Kantha embroidery. Out of collected embroideries
through market survey, one embroidery that is Kantha was selected. Fifty motifs of selected
embroidery were collected from primary and secondary sources. Out of these, fifteen motifs were
selected to develop stylized designs for jacket. Fifteen stylized designs were developed and five
possible placements of each design were prepared with the help of coral draw. The top ranked designs
ware selected. Thee top ranked placement of each selected design was worked in Kantha embroidery
and replicated in fabric painting for making the jacket. Finally six jackets were developed. On the basis
of assessment of developed jackets on different parameters, Jacket no.4 with design no.9 worked in
fabric painting was ranked first followed by jacket no.1 with same design worked in embroidery. Jacket
no. 5 with design no. 13 worked in fabric painting was ranked III. The preferred reason given by the
experts preferences were ‘placement and colour combination’ and ‘suitability of developed designs’ for
both techniques. The opinion of experts was ‘the most favourable’ about the developed designs,
placements, size, shape, colour combination and embellishment techniques. The cost of developed
jackets with both techniques was felt as ‘appropriate’ by most of the experts. Five days training of both
techniques that is painting and embroidery was imparted to the Fine Arts students of Fatehachand
College, Hisar and knowledge acquisition regarding techniques used was calculated. It was found to be
very effective as there was significant gain in knowledge on various aspects of techniques at 5 per cent
level of significance.
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Adaptation, Traditional Embroidery Designs, Fabric Painting, Jacket