Hand crafted embroidery is a
fine and delicate art practiced in different traditional pockets of India.
Embroidery or decorative needlework is usually done on sarees, often of a
picture or pattern, to heighten the appeal. Handcrafted embroidery is an exclusive
and treasured art since it is painstaking, time consuming, and a lot of care
and dedication is put in by ethnic practitioners into the work, resulting in
flawless creations of exquisite beauty.
Zardozi, Chikan,Kantha, Bagh, Kasuti, to name a few, are some of the more popular
forms of handcrafted embroidery used to adorn sarees. Zardozi is metal
embroidery done on fabrics using gold or silver colour coated copper wire along
with a silk thread. Popular since Mughal times, zari thread is employed for
zardozi. Real Zari has thread made from gold or silver. Imitation zari uses
gold or silver coated copper wire.
Today mostly zari is made from metallic
polyester film where a polyester core is covered by gold or silver coloured
metallic yarn. Chikankari or chikan work is intricate embroidery on fabrics, an
art form since the Mughal period, where the design or pattern print is put on
fabrics in fine and detailed embroidery. Lucknavi chikankari is the most unique
and famous of chikan work from among that of the several places in India where
this art form is practised. Kantha Work, is essentially embroidery work done on
sarees, with a running stitch on them in the form of motifs.
These motifs could
be animals, birds, flowers, simple geometrical shapes and scenes from everyday
life. It gives the saree a wrinkled and wavy look and transforms a plain saree
into an extraordinary creation. Though the running stitch is mostly used for
its ease, other forms of stitch such as darning stitch, satin stitch and loop
stitch are also used.
Based on the use of the fabric, Kantha is
divided into seven different types. Lep kantha and Sujani kantha are the
popular types. Bagh is a special kind of embroidery practised by women in
Punjab. Heavy and exquisite embroidery on sarees especially the lehenga type,
where the base fabric is hardly visible, it is mostly done for special sarees
for occasions like festivals and weddings. Kasuti is a traditional form of
embroidery practiced in Karnataka, India.
Kasuti work is very intricate and
sometimes involves putting a large number of stitches by hand on traditional
silk sarees like Ilkal and Kanjeevaram. Kasuti work involves embroidering
intricate patterns like chariot, lamps and conch shells on the fabrics. Locally
available materials are used for Kasuti.
Unnati displays a fine range of
handcrafted embroidery sarees in tussar silks. There are sarees in light and
vibrant colours, some with dark hues. You have the exotic Dabu Prints with a
lot of kundan work and zardosi with floral bootis. You have Dabaka work and
appliqué work borders. You have brilliant designer prints and exclusive floral
patch borders with beads, There are other adornments of Kantha work, Badla and
other fine specimens of traditional Indian embroidery on different varieties of
sari.
Unnati silks, largest ethnic online Indian shop offers
exquisite designer Handcrafted sarees with
matching blouse for sale.
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Sarees and Salwar Kameez. At Unnati Silks, you can buy handcrafted embroidery
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You can buy online
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within 24 working hours of placing the
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