Description

Fabric: Pure Mulberry Silk

Blouse: Unstitched, About 80 cm in length

Saree Length: 5.5 meters

Saree Width: 46 Inches

Colors: Apricot Orange

Pattern: Single Ikkat Pattern

Border: Red

Pallu:  Stripes

Weaving Cluster:  Maniabandha (Odisha)

Occasion: Day Dressy, festive

Care: Green dry cleaning or handwash with cold water and mild detergents only when absolutely necessary. Iron on reverse is recommended to preserve the beauty of this fabric.

Disclaimer: Characteristic imperfections associated with handweaving maybe noticed. This is not a flaw but indicative of handmade process. Despite every effort to showcase each product’s color and design, please note that actual colors may vary due to different device settings and other factors.

Made By: Maniabandha is famous for its weft Ikkat technique. Artisans here have been weaving for thousands of years. Ikkat in Odisha is referred to as ‘bandha’, where the beauty of the technique lies in tying a thread piece by piece to create a weave that is beautiful and timeless. Direct from the loom  Abir Pal ji, from Nuapatna, Odisha, part of Maniabandha weaving cluster. A 6th generation weaver artisan, he himself has been weaving for last 25 years, his wife Shoba Rani Pal also weaves along with him and it is a concerted family affair from all the preloom activities like yarn dyeing and preparation, to weaving and post loom cutting and finishing. They are in- house experts in bandha (tieing) and weaving. Traditions have been their guide into design.

Ikkat: Ikkat is an ancient textile technique that spans across continents of the world. Ikkat is a specialized dyeing technique applied to pattern textiles that employs a resist dyeing process similar to tie-dye, on either the warp or weft fibres prior to dyeing. It is distinctly labour intensive and known the world over for its precision and masterly craftsmanship. Ikat textiles are rich with interminable, inherent possibilities of tie-dyed patterned wraps and wefts that may be split and rearranged on the loom by hand. These painstakingly hand woven fabrics have a more dynamic surface qualities than those achieved in power loom weaving~source: Selvedge.org. We carry heritage Ikkats from different weaving clusters of India, Maniabandha of Odisha, Pochampally and Telia Rumal of Telangana and Patola Ikats from Gujrat.

Tags: ikkat, orange, Silk, dressy, festive, maniabandha ikat, single ikkat