Kashmiri Embroidery

Each state of India has its own style of thread work and over the years Indian embroidery has become a rage all over the world Indians use the beauty of the thread of the work, the things around them, such as the daily use items, decorative items, clothing and shoes, improve scarves, home furnishings and what is not. Kashmiri work is one of the most popular embroidery work of India. The art form has marked its presence in domestic as well as international markets. Kashmiri embroidery is very famous for its beauty, color, texture and design. It is practiced in the Kashmir Valley region in and around Srinagar. This embroidery is widely used to enhance the beauty of cashmere scarves, silk sarees, dress materials, cushion covers, bed covers, bags, veils and articles of personal and everyday use.

Kashmiri embroidery is famous the world over as "Kashidakari" or "Kashida work." The pick often embroiders nature as inspiration to their motives similar to birds, blossoms and flowers, climbing plants, chinar leaves, Gobi, mango, lotus, and the trees are the most common issues. The colors used are very vivid and rich green, purple, blue, yellow, black, purple, saffron and scarlet from white to. The people who practice Kashidakari work, are men with age somewhere between 7 to 60 years or more. The art form requires a different level of expertise and exchanges hands on the requirement and is therefore practiced by sitting together in groups. It is a commercial activity and livelihood for many families. Kashidakari is the Persian name for a type of needlework. Kashmiri hand embroidery flourished when the Mughal rulers, Zain-ul-Abedin Shah invited artists from Iran to train people in a wide range of arts and crafts on site. Since then, this art flourished in Kashmir region of India for centuries and passed down from one generation to another with every age brought about subtle changes in motifs and stitch patterns. The base material used in Kashmiri embroidery is silk, cotton and wool. The silk, cotton and wool yarns are used to produce surface designs of great complexity and subtlety. But what makes Kashmiri embroidery really unique is the "dorukha" or the double-sided work, in which both sides are the same so that there is no right or wrong side. The article can be used by both sides. In a further embodiment, when the colors are different on both sides. Its specially on scarves that are the pride of Kashmir finished. Kashmiri embroidery is known for the skilled execution of a single stitch, which is often called Kashmiri stitch and can have the chain stitch, the satin stitch, the slanted darn stitch, stem stitch, the, and the herringbone stitch. Sometimes the Doori (node​​) stitches are used more than one or two at a time, but not. Kashmiri embroidery is made ​​essentially a hand by hand. The practice has been carried out since ages, but as obsolete machines in the world, imitation is the Kashmiri embroidery, manufactured by machines. This represents a risk for the workers and artists, such as the reproduced work can be a threat to their livelihood. The artists practice Kashidakari work needs a lot of support and encouragement, so that the art is not to lose substance. Looking at the kind of appreciation Kashidakari work anchoring, the artist can hope for a good life for themselves once again and also the art.

Kashmiri shawls are made ​​because of the embroidery on them very popular. The beauty of the products by the work of experienced artists, providing them with many types of stitches like Sozni or fine hand work that is done decorate usually on the sides of the towels improved, while the "tilla and dori" Working with Gold or silver zari or executed silk threads are used to greatly beautify Phirans, sarees and scarves. In general, the value of the product is determined by the quantity and quality of the embroidery Led. The traditional Kashmiri dress, "Phiran" is embellished embroidery also usually with rich Kashmiri. The very famous Pashmina shawls are decorated with finest embroidery from Kashmir. Kashida embroidery is an art that requires a great amount of skill, patience and precision. The detail of the work is presented largely by the design, which makes it look fabulous.