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Handloom forms a precious part of the generational legacy and exemplifies the richness and diversity of our culture and artistry of the weavers. Tradition of weaving by hand is a part of the countrys cultural ethos. It represents an ancient craft with rich heritage providing a great source of sustenance for millions of artisans. It is estimated that handloom industry provides employment to approximately 65 lakhs workforces directly or indirectly and about 35 lakhs of handlooms in numerous varieties are scattered all over the country. The element of art and craft present in Indian handlooms makes it a potential sector for the upper segments of domestic and global markets. Handloom sector has been catering fully to the domestic niche and cheap markets, as well as value-added exports in the...
Friday, July 30, 2010
Review of Silk Handloom Weaving In Assam
Assam, the state having highest number of handlooms in India is unique with its silk weaving culture, as the handloom sector. Fly shuttle handlooms and 120 hook jacquards are benignly used in the Assam for silk weaving. Traditional designs and products still are the major type of fabrics woven for the domestic market. Presented here is an overview of silk weaving in Assam detailing the sericulture in the state, hand loom industry, structure of the silk handloom sector with a special emphasis on Kamrup district, the issues hindering its growth and the interventions needed for the improvement of the same.
Handloom history in India can be traced back to Indus Valley civilization. Several era of Indian history mentions the flourishing trade of textiles in domestic as well as export markets....
Thursday, July 29, 2010
A Synopsis of Dexterity and Skills of Chirala Cluster
The Chirala handloom cluster is famous for producing its invincible variety of fabrics which brought name and fame not only to the State but also to the nation.
The Chirala handloom Cluster is situated on Bay of Bengal where 'CHIRA' means Saree. Commonly known as 'Mini Mumbai' for its textile market, the Chirala cluster is located in 'Prakasam' district of Andhra Pradesh. Around 25000 weavers of the total weavers are working on 18000 handlooms. Chirala cluster weavers are classified as independent weavers, kooly weavers, shed weavers and master weavers. This area is famous for its production of traditional varieties of zari sarees and dhotis...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Insight of Gadag Handloom Cluster
Majority of the Handlooms in the Cluster are working under the patronage of the KHDC. The Handloom weavers who work for KHDC produce furnishing, Terry towels, Bed sheets, Suiting, Shirting, floor coverings, tablemats ,Cut shuttle durries, etc. The remaining weavers in the Cluster limit themselves in producing silk, silk mix and cotton traditional saree, almost all the weavers in the cluster are depending on job work. The weavers working under KHDC get raw materials from KHDC and they surrender their woven fabrics to the KHDC, The weavers who get the raw materials from cooperative societies produces for respective cooperative societies, the weavers under the master weavers to their master weavers, the weavers of khadi board to their respective khadi board. These weavers are paid the conversion...
Demand For Handicraft Has Boosted The Growth Of Small Scale Industries!
When there is modern design on khadi cotton and khadi silk, people will like it more. There is a blend of traditional with the modern style. This concept is quite popular in the fashion industry as well. Indian garments are known to create such a unique blend of conventional with modern, which is manufactured no where else in the world.
Handloom, sericulture and handicrafts are popular across the globe. There are more number of customers for handloom products rather than machine made products. You can get intricate work and fine designs only in the hand made products manufactured by the small scale and cottage industries. Promoting...
Kancheepuram Saree Cluster Weathered Cost Pressures in Slowdown
While 75% of Zari comes from Gujarat where it's a cottage industry, the rest comes from the government-owned Tamil Nadu Zari, which is one of its kinds in the country. The silk is mostly sourced from Karnataka, which produces 60-70% of the country's requirement according to an official of the Central Silk Board. There are others who are using a higher percentage of silver.
For example, Nalli Silks that does about Rs.450 crores of turnover incorporates a 60% silver content in its sarees, says Nalli Kuppuswamy Chetty whose family founded the brand in Chennai: "The zari proportion for us is 60% silver, 0.5% gold, 23.5% silk and the rest would be other chemicals." And with prices from Rs.6, 000 to Rs.99, 000, demand for its sarees is still strong, claims Chetty.
While smarter blends in...
Monday, July 26, 2010
Art of Its Own Kind: Bargarh Cluster
Handloom and handicrafts is one of the oldest and renowned cottage industries in India. Despite the blitz of modernization in industrial sector and the proliferation of power looms and composite textile mills in sovereign India, this industry continues to occupy a major place in the country's economy. In an inadequate capital and superfluous labour economy like India, this conventional cottage industry has been a major source of employment and livelihood to the people subsequent to agriculture. During the year 1988-89, it provided impressive employment to 7.8 million persons and indirect employment to 1.5 persons per every weaver in the loom...
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Indian Silk Industry ‘turns over a new leaf’ with novelty
With innovations fuelling every single field, the Indian Silk Industry is not left behind.
Silk industry occupies a unique position in India. The country is the second largest silk manufacturer contributing to 18% of the total raw silk production. Sericulture is an important cottage industry in India. This is a labor intensive industry operating on around 54,000 villages all over the country. An assortment of silk varieties such as Mulberry, Tasar, Eri, Muga etc are grown. The industry is generous enough providing job opportunities, and livelihood for more than 6 million people in the rural areas.
The industry has shown significant growth...
Friday, July 23, 2010
Indian Handlooms - From the Charkha to Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week
'Indian Handlooms', a term that spells exquisity, ebullience and enunciate a multifarious equip of excogitating designs, both ethnic and modernistic. Providing livelihood to 90 million people, the level of artistry and intricacy achieved by Indian handloom fabrics is unparalleled and beyond the scope of modern machinery, preserving its heritage and culture.
With a long tradition of excellence in its craftsmanship, Indian handloom is said to have dated back to the ancient ages. The earliest Indian fragment of cloth (before the Christian era) with a hansa (swan) design was excavated from a site near Cairo. Later excavations from Harappan sites revealed a scrap of coarse madder dyed cloth and a terracotta spindle whorls which evidenced their expertise over handlooms, Indian handlooms, to...
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Cluster Project on Branding Strategies for SUVAS
This project is sponsored by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India and Commissioner, Rural Development, Government of Gujarat aims at promotion of Crafts & Textile Clusters and their distinctive styles for higher value realization. Over 9 million artisans are employed in this unorganized sector in India who has been gradually marginalized due to competitive pressure of dynamically shifting market and globalization. The Cluster Development Initiative of NIFT endeavors both the vision building and capacity building objectives for approximate 2,000 rural artisans of Surendranagar District engaged in Khadi, Single Ikat, Tangaliya, Brass ware and Stoneware through Design Development and Diversification, Skill upgradation training, Innovation, Technological upgradation, Formation...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Trade Fairs: Opportunity for Handlooms and Handicraft Fraternity
Designed with the intent to provide a platform to the juvenile arts of cottage as well as large scale industries, Trade fairs are organized to meet the prospective customers in person in a concise period of time economically. With inventive marketing and booth allotment, small businesses can actually appear as significantly as any big organization. As per the estimates, 44% of the firms that exhibit at business-to-business shows have less than 50 employees. The entrepreneurs are accompanied by Master craftsperson, Assistant Crafts persons, Jobbers, Draftspersons and Artists.
Urbane exhibitors do well at trade shows no matter what their unit size is, while the inexperienced and raw industries can waste thousands of dollars and innumerable hours possibly gaining nothing at all. Financial Utilization...
Long Lasting Reverberation of Recession: Impact on Indian Handloom Industry
Indian Textile Industry is the principal employer among all the industries of the country, yet it has a very small share in the global market. But handloom sector, the primary branch of textiles, is considered as the major for its established capacity. This is because India is the only country which produces handloom on a marketable scale. Economic meltdown has impacted on Indian Textile Industries as a result of which many export orders are getting cancelled and labourers depending on this Industry are almost on the brink of loosing their source of revenue. Over 90 percent units in the textile and clothing are in the SME sector, which is also...
Trends in Handicrafts Industry
Handlooms and Handicrafts Sector craved for growth since quite a few years, which has now actually turned prolific. No doubt, India has an edge against its competitors like China, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan and Korea who generally produce machine-made products. Indian handmade products have a niche market all over the world creating a distinct impact through exclusive designs, workmanship, finesse, colors and raw material etc. The sector shows a not so significant growth in the 2009-10 fiscal but grows substantially in the first half of the 2010-11 fiscal. Keeping in view the trend, the sector is expected to show phenomenal results by the...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Integrated Handloom Cluster Development Scheme
Introduction
When the era is of globalization and we have plentiful of imports from international markets of US and China, we need to observe that how far can our national products maintain their identity and create a more vivid presence. This has now become one of the critical issues to draw our attention. Here we have an undoubted advantage that is accepted even by those who want to shove our handloom industry to constraint it to the niche market. Orissa-Sambalpuri, Bengal-jamdani, Gujarat-leheria, Maharashtra-Paithan, Andhra-ikkat, the silks of Kanchipuram, and the list are endless. New varieties appear from time to time, like Manglagiri...
