PCTE GROUP OF

INSTITUTION

PPT ON AARI WORK

SUBBMITTED TO :
SUBMITTED BY
MRS RAJVEER
: DISHA JAIN
KAUR
 C0NTENTS
INTRODUCTON
THE A AARI EMBROIDERY T
ORIGIN AND HISTORY
TRACING AND DESIGN
SETTING THE ADDA
 INTRODUCTION
• A PEN LIKE NEEDLE WHICH RESEMBLES THE SHAPE
OF A CROCHAT NEEDLE , GIVES RISE TO AN INTRINSIC
FORM OF ART WORK CALLED THE ‘AARI WORK’.
• IN THS ARTWORK BEADS AND ‘MUTHAI’ ,A SHARP
EDGED NEEDLE PUT TO WORK , WHICH CREATIVELY
GIVE RISE TO CHAIN STITCH KIND OF IMPRINTS.
• THIS WORK IS POPULAR FOR ITS DELICATE AND
FINEST THREADWORK WHICH ENHANCES THE
ESSENCE OF HAND EMBROIDERY.
AARI WORK SUIT
H – AARI WORK WAS
INITIALLY ORGANISED BY THE
MUSLIM COMMUNITY RESIDING
IN INDIA . THEY MAINLY USED
A HOOKED NEEDLE , OR THE
AARI.
AARI WORK IS ALSO SAID TO
HAVE PARTS OF ITS ORIGNAL
ESSENCE IN BARABANKI ,
WHCH NAMED IT AS KATLA
WORK AS THS ARTWORK WAS
EXCUTED ON A FRAME WHCH
WAS BASED ON THE
IDEOLOGIES OF A COT
MOCHI EMBROIDERERS DONE
BY ARTISANS N REGIONS OF
KUTCH ALSO FORMED THE
ORIGNAL FACES BEHND THS
FARIC , AS THEY USED THE
‘AARI’ NEEDLE TO REDIFINE TE
ESSENCE OF TRADITONAL
BEAUTY.
 THE A AARI EMBROIDERY T

A NEEDLE WITH A HOOKED END AND ZARI (GOLD OR SILVER) ) OR COTTON OR SLK THREAD
ARE USED . AARI LOOKS LIKE A FNE CHAIN STITCH . THE NEEDLE IS PUSHED THROUGH THE
FABRIC . FROM BEHIND, THREAD IS PUSHED NTO THE HOOK. WHEN THE NEEDLE IS PULLED
UP AGAIN , IT COMES U WITH A LOOP AND COMES UP WTH ANOTHER LOOP THRUGH
PREVOUS LOOP. THE SAME PROCESS IS REPEATED. THE STCHES AE VERY FINE AND SMALL.
BEADS, SEQUINS OR SMALL SPRAL OF GOLD OR SILVER WIRE MAYT ALSO BE USED N
BETWEEN TO ADD SPARKLE TO THE WORK. THE WHOLE PROCESS IS DONE VERY FAST ,
WHILE MAINTAINNG TH PERFECT TENTION OF THE THREAD.
 ORGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
• AARI WORK TRACES OUT OF IT EMERGENCE WAY BACK
IN THE 12th CENTUARY , WHICH MARKED THE RULE OF
MUGHAL EMPIRE.
• FLORAL MOTIFS, TRADITINAL DESGNS AND FACNATED
THE MUGHAL ROYALS DURNG THAT PEROID . THIS
POPLARIZED AND BROUGHT AARI WORK INTO THE
LIMELIGHT.
• WITH TIME, PLACES LIKE KUTCH, LUKHNOW,
UTTARPRADESH, RAJASTHAN AND DELHI STARTED
RECOGNZING THE SPECALITY OF AAR WRK, WHCH
MARKED THE GRADUAL POPULARITY OF AARI
EMBROIDARY.
TRACING AND DESIGN OF
AARI WORK
THE DESIGN IS TRANSFERRED
INTO THE FABRIC. AT
TIMES,THE CRAFTMENS
SPONTANEOUSLY DRAWS
THE PATTERN ON THE
FABRC. THS IS DONE USING
THE NORMAL LEAD PENCIL .
BUT USUALLY THE DSIGN S
FIRST DRAWN ON TRACNG
PAPER . USING A NEEDLE ,
HOLES ARE PIERCED ALL
ALONG TH LINES. NEXT, THIS
IS PLACED ALL ALONG THE
FABRIC . A MIXTURE OF
KEROSENE AND ROBIN BLUE
IS MNADE AND RUBBED WITH
THE TRACING PAPER . TS
SEEPS THROUGH THE HOLES
AND IS TRANSFERRED TO
THE FABRIC.
 SETTING THE ADDA
• THE NEXT STEP IS TO STRETCH THE FABRIC TAUT OVER
A FRAME CALLED TE ADDA. THIS CONCEPT HAD
ENVOLVED FROM THE KNCKDOWN BED CALLED TE
KHATIA USED IN RURAL AREAS . IT FOLLOWS THE
ASSEMBLY AND TIGTENING PRINCPAL OF THE KHATIA ,
AND GIVES THE CLOTH A UNIFORM TENSION.ALSO THE
FRAME CAN BE MADE TO FIT AND SIZE OF FABRIC. THE
ADDA CONSISTS OF FOUR WOODEN SPARS
[SOMETIMES, BANBOO S USED FOR THE END
MEMBRES] RESTING ON WOODEN POSTS. ASMALER
METLE FRAMEMAY ALSO BE USED IF THE EMBROIDERY
FOCUS IN SMALL AREA.