Kotpad Handloom fabrics

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Kotpad Handloom fabric
Fabric

Kotpad Handloom is a vegetable-dyed fabric woven by the tribal weavers of the Mirgan community of

handloom
fabrics with natural color is its specialty.

Kotpad handloom fabric is the first item from Odisha that received the

Geographical Indication of India tag,[2] in 2005.[3]
The Mirgan community of Kotpad is famous for their exquisite organic dyed textile. They usually weave this textile for "Bhotada", "Dharua" and other motifs of their neighboring tribal communities.

Recently, Biswanath Rath, an Indian Writer-Director, has made an English Documentary titled 'Kotpad Weaving : The Story of a Race Against Time' about Kotpad Handloom, dyeing and weaving which has been produced by PSBT in association with Doordarshan.[4] This documentary was telecasted on DD National on 24 March 2018. The film explores the uniqueness of Kotpad Handloom, the issues and possible solutions for revival of Kotpad Weaving and Dyeing.[5]

In 2018, Gobardhan Panika, one of the master weavers of the craft, was honored by the Government of India with the fourth highest civilian honor of the Padma Shri.[6]

Raw materials

Cotton yarn, Tussar silk and Aul tree roots are the main materials used for textile work. Using organic dye is the most important aspect of these textile products. It takes approximately 15 to 30 days for processing the color and dyeing threads into different colors. The main colors extracted are black and maroon. Sarees and shawls are the most important and attractive textile products from the Kotpad weaving community. The textiles are very comfortable to wear during summer and winter.[7]

Natural dye colour

The characteristics of natural dye colouring are derived from the aul tree or

wefts
. By use of multi-shuttle by interlocking method, a solid border effect of the fabric is brought up by the pig by pig insertion of thread.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kotpad Weavers Co-operative Society 0". www.gocoop.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Sweet to get origin identity". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Geographical Indications Registry". Geographical Indications. 2005.
  4. ^ "I aspire to take Kotpad story to global audience: Odisha filmmaker". Odisha Sun Times. Bhubaneswar. 26 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Reels of Kotpad". Bhubaneswar. 4 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Padma Awards". Padma Awards. Government of India. 17 May 2018. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Kotpad Organic Dyed Cloth". www.orissahandloom.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
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