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Introduction
History
Production process
Raw material
Motifs
Colour and design
Weave
Place of production
Application Areas
INTRODUCTION
The word ikat stems from the Malay - Indonesian
HISTORY
Found in the painting of caves of Ajanta in 6 th century
After 17th century the art & skill of ikat textile have been
found to influence the greek costumes.
In today time Ikat have become a major inspiration
source for many countries of Japan and Taiwan.
TYPES OF IKAT
Grabbing silk
filaments from a pot
of boiling cocoons.
Threads wound onto a
turning frame.
Reeling the bobbins of
silk.
A vertical frame
holding several
bobbins feeds the
threads onto a very
large spinning wheel.
PROCESS INVOLVED
Warp threads on
the patterning
frame ready to
be marked out
for dyeing.
Warp bundles
bound ready for
dye bath.
Weaving a warp
ikat.
MOTIFS