The theme of my series is to pick a famous craft from each state of India for a month. Each state has its own identity and creative side, I tried exploring these with some twist.
Considering it a grand project, I am bifurcating the project in 3 parts to make it easy to comprehend and spectate.
Patachitra (Orissa): It is a cloth based scroll painting. In the Sanskrit language, "Patta" literally means "cloth" and "Chitra" means, "picture". Most of these paintings depict stories of Hindu deities.
Kantha (West Bengal): ‘Kantha’ means ‘rags’ in Sanskrit, which reflects the fact that Kantha embroidery is made up of discarded garments or cloths. Kantha stitching is also used to make simple quilts, commonly known as Nakshi Kantha. Women in Bengal typically use old saris and cloth and layer them with kantha stitching to make a light blanket, throw, or bedspread, especially for children.
Cheriyal (Telangana): these scrolls are painted in a narrative format depicting stories from Indian mythology and Puranas and Epics.
Pichwai (Rajasthan): are works of art that are used to adorn the walls of temples, behind the idol. On a starched cloth, the painter first makes a rough sketch and then fills in the colors.
Moirang phee (Manipur): is woven sequentially on both longitudinal edges of the fabric and oriented towards the center of the cloth, with cotton or silk threads.
Khasi (Meghalaya): This is the indigenous tribe that is involved in silk weaving. Back strap looms are used to create continuous stripes. Different patterns differentiated with their color schemes.
