Kantha Embroidery-Tradition of East Bengal
The evolution of Kantha is the need to protect in opposition to cold. But, in the rural area where it is like an individual record, a letter one writes to an exacting person. In East Bengal kantha was a personal appearance, an art skill that was made impulsively, even whimsically. An actual Kantha tells the story of a person. It has been passed from generation to generation. It carries the history of a family, a village where it stitched. The oldest indication of Kantha found in “Sri Charitamrita” by Krisnadas Kaviraj, which was written 500 years back.
Kantha Embroidery Designs
The designs that found mainly in Kantha is the picture of a village, the family photo, the image birds or natural beauty, flowers, animals, something abstract geometric characteristics that revenue it can be whatever thing the craftsman can narrate to. In the modern age, the designs are changed. Now, you can’t find a life related real design anywhere. But, if you observe the kantha embroidery then you can see their design is not only gorgeous but also full of their life-living events related. From the design of a Kantha one can easily tell the history of that craftsman.
Different Types of Kantha
Running stitch is used to make the different Kantha embroidery stoles, shawls, saris or blankets. The variation depends on the craftsman who produces the Kantha. Indeed, it solely depends on the creativity and skill of the craftsman. There are seven basic types of Kantha. These are:
- Ruaml Kantha
- Oaar Kantha
- Lep Kantha
- Baiton Kantha
- Durjani Kantha
- Sujani Kantha
Procedure
The Kantha Embroidery of West Bengal has for its remaining sarees piled on top of one another and quilted. The strand for the stitches is drawn from the previous sarees borders. The design is first traced, and then enclosed over with running stitches. Mainly the women are produced the Kantha. They take 3-4 months to complete a beautiful KAntha. The embroidery of the Kantha is totally made by hand. No technical instrument is used here. Really it is a matter of great astonishment that they made the embroidery by their own hand. They are really indigenous. They got the procedure to make the embroidery of a Kantha from their Grandmother and so on. So the procedure is quite old but no doubt real artistic.
Resources
To make the kantha embroidery one need only a needle, thread and white thread.
Embroidery has traditionally been used to decorate the kantha with the beauty of nature. Nowadays, machine embroidery has taken the place of hand embroidery. For the sake of the machine the Kantha embroidery becomes easier to do. New designs and complex arts are drawn in Kantha easily by embroidery machine. In the flow of time and increase of technology the kantha got a new look and design. In the same time it reduces the time to complete a kantha. Actually, a beautiful kantha is really expected to be used by everyone to protect ourselves from the cold.
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Kantha embroidery, kashida work, kathi embroidery, aari work
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