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TRADITIONAL BATIK PRINTS HANDLOOM SAREES @UNNATISILKS

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A lot of white floral art work on a contrastingly dark background, either on the entire portion or sections of the saree, it most probably would be Batik printing.  pure batik painted sarees  TRADITIONAL BATIK HAND PAINTED COTTON SAREES ON A wave of fresh breeze, novel and catchy, Batik prints are eye-catching for their picturesque white designs on coloured canvas. Batik on sarees came as a tried-out experiment that succeeded. An art from countries like Indonesia and China, our traditional stylists have over a period evolved a unique style of their own. PURE BATIK COTTON SAREES COLLECTION Using ‘resists’ for making designs on a fabric, the conventional Batik process has a resist or a physical block in some form or the other to prevent desired areas on the fabric from being penetrated by the initial dye. Generally wax is used as a resist in Batik.  The block printed areas where resists are in place, come out as un-dyed areas in the dyed fabric and could be colour

TRADITIONAL BAGH PRINTED COTTON SAREES COLLECTION FROM MADHYA PRADESH @UNNATISILKS

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TRADITIONAL BAGH PRINTED COTTON SAREES COLLECTION FROM MADHYA PRADESH @UNNATISILKS Bagh is a unique style of block printing on handloom fabrics, the name coming from its origin in the current form in Bagh village of  Madhya   Pradesh handlooms , India. Despite the art being from another region brought by travelers who happened to settle in Manawar, the present style of Bagh printing is said to be from the early 60s when some Muslim Khatris migrated from Manawar to settle in this village. bagh block printed sarees   TRENDY BAGH PRINTED COTTON SAREES ON Bagh was practiced by these tribal muslims and the print subjects were mainly geometrical prints and floral compositions. There was a lull in between that led to many of these traditional practitioners deserting the art and being lured away to the production of synthetic fabrics that also came up at that time. It was Ismail Khatri who gave the Bagh its present form by staying on in the practice of this art and experimenting

TRADITIONAL BANARASI KOTA ORGANZA SAREES COLLECTION@UNNATISILKS

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TRADITIONAL BANARASI KOTA ORGANZA SAREES COLLECTION@UNNATISILKS The land of the desert has produced fine cotton handlooms but the  Kota silk sarees  have cast a spell-binding magic. The  Kota Silk  Saree is woven in a manner designed to produce check patterns on the fabric. The square shaped checks are known as Khats.The Masuria Silks are grand affairs since pure silk, gold and silver threads or Zari are used in the weaving.   kota sarees collection A famous example is that of the Katan Pure Silk Weaves. Beautiful Jaipuri prints, with traditional motifs, fancy zari or printed borders, exquisite embroidery work on the pallu, make this ethnic Kota Saree an exclusive must-have.  DESIGNER KOTA COTTON AND SILK SAREES COLLECTION ON Other worthy creations are the  designer Kota Katan Silk Saree  richly woven in Meena work and with suitable accompaniments and the Dabu block prints. variations of banarasi kota sarees Unnati Silks with its three decades of experience