Onion colour hand woven Sambalpuri silk cotton sari

SPECIFICATION:

Product Color:  onion

Style craft      hand woven in  Odisha ,peacock motif.

Fabric:  silk /cotton

Count 70:30

Measurement: 6.5 m

Weight 700 gm

Mode: Light weight

Blouse     yes, contrast

Reference code KOSC00104

Product care info:    recommend dry wash.

Getting them dry cleaned once in three months ensures that your ensemble will never lose its freshness.

Keep in pure cotton cloths or you can even use a neat cotton pillow cover.

Avoid plastic bags.

Do not sock in water.

Should be prevented from losing its sheen and luster by Ironing

Do not iron on folders.

The fabric should be prevented from any kind of stains

eg: never use any kind of perfumes over the fabric.

Keep the sari in wardrobe you open frequently.

If you follow the instructions you can use this sari lifelong in fresh look.

 

Note :This product is hand woven and there must be slight irregularities.There  may be slight colour variation in the image from original product due to lighting of the photography configuration of computer   and colour scheme of monitor etc

Craft work.

A Sambalpuri sari is a traditional handwoven  sari (locally called sadhi) wherein the warp and the weft are tie-dyed before weaving. It is produced  in the Bargarh, Sonepur, Sambalpur, Balangir district, Boudh District of Odisha. consisting of a strip of unstitched cloth ranging from four to nine metres in length that is draped over the body in various styles.Sambalpuri saris are known for their incorporation of traditional motifs like shankha (shell), chakra (wheel), phula (flower), animals,birds and all of which have deep symbolism with the native Odia colour red black and white represent true Odia Culture along with Lord Kaalia(Jagannatha)’s face colour,

All fabrics have been subject to fusion experiments using Indian ethnic styles of weaving.This beautiful silk cotton sari is woven along with traditional golden peacock motif  by weavers of Sambalpur  Odisha in 6 days.

Sambalpuri sari

A Sambalpuri sari is a traditional handwoven  sari (locally called sadhi) wherein the warp and the weft are tie-dyed before weaving. It is produced  in the Bargarh, Sonepur, Sambalpur, Balangir district, Boudh District of Odisha. consisting of a strip of unstitched cloth ranging from four to nine metres in length that is draped over the body in various styles.

Sambalpuri saris are known for their incorporation of traditional motifs like shankha (shell), chakra (wheel), phula (flower), animals,birds and all of which have deep symbolism with the native Odia colour red black and white represent true Odia Culture along with Lord Kaalia(Jagannatha)’s face colour,

Two versions of Jagannath iconography

but the highpoint of these saris is the traditional craftsmanship of the ‘Bandhakala’, the Tie-dye art reflected in their intricate weaves, also known as Sambalpuri “Ikkat“. In this technique, the threads are first tie-dyed and later woven into a fabric, with the entire process taking many weeks. These saris first became popular outside the state when the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi started wearing them. In the 1980s and 1990s they became popular across India. To provide protection to the weavers practicing this art, the handloom silk saris manufactured in Sambalpur and Berhampur (Berhampur Patta) in Odisha were included in the Government of India’s Geographical Indications (GI) registry.^[3][4]

Sambalpuri fabrics reflect an original style of craft known as Baandha. Traditionally, craftsmen created Baandhas with images of flora or fauna or with geometrical patterns. More recently new types of Baandha depicting portrait, landscape and flower pots are being designed. Baandha fabric is created using a tie-dye technique. The yarns are tied according to the desired patterns to prevent absorption of dyes, and then dyed. The yarns or set of yarns so produced is called ‘Baandha’. The unique feature of this form of designing is that the designs are reflected almost identically on both side of the fabric.Once the frabic is dyed it can never be belached in to other colour ^]This versatile technique enables a craftsman to weave colourful designs, patterns and images into a fabric capable of inspiring a thought or conveying a message. Thus Baandha can be defined as “A length of systematically arranged yarn, dyed according to a preconceived design in such a manner so as to enable a weaver to portray the design when the yarn is converted to a fabric through the process of weaving”. It is believed that this art migrated to Western Odisha along with the Bhulia community who fled Northern India in the year 1192 AD after the fall of the Chouhan empire at the hands of the Mughals. Since then and up to the year 1925 it flourished in Western Odisha in a limited number of designs and in vegetable colours and consisted mostly of saris used by the womenfolk of the Odisha. These saris were known as ‘Bhulia-Kapta’. The demand was limited, distress sale was common and the craftsmen lived in penury.