Hand Knotted Carpets of Uttarakhand

ISBN-13: 9783659168031 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 112 str.

Deepti Bhargava

Opis

The tradition of carpet weaving in India is centuries old. Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) was selected as locale of the study because carpet weaving is more concentrated here as compared to other centres because a large number of Bhotia people are living here. They have inherent talent of knotting of carpets which is passed through generations. These carpets are limited to the state market only because weavers were not having knowledge about the carpet finishing. Moreover, they were following the same carpet designs since many generations. Therefore, in the present study training module was developed and training was imparted to the carpet weavers of Pithoragarh to prepared the carpets with better finish.Apart from this as carpet weavers were following the same designs since generations, they were encouraged to create new designs. Carpet designs were developed by researcher using Corel Draw 12 software. These designs were shown to the weavers to make them aware of new carpet designs. Weavers were encouraged to create and practice new carpet designs.

O autorze

Deepti Bhargava has done her Masters Degree in Clothing and Textiles in the Department of Clothing and Textiles, College of Home Science, G.B.P.U.A.&T., Pantnagar, Uttarakhand which is first Agricuture university of India. She has been the recipient of I.C.A.R.(Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Junior Research Fellowship during her M.Sc.