Chutki Work Embroidery Analysis

Gupta and Goel (1999) depicted ‘Chutki’ work as the traditional embroidery of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh in the article ‘Rampur folk art: Chutki work embroidery’. Major attribute of ‘chutki’ work was a dot and a leaf, which was set by folding pieces by hand called as ‘patti’. These designs were named after the arrangements as ‘chaddiyan’, ‘jaldaar’, ‘haar’, ‘suraj’ and ‘gamla’. Dresses and made-ups were amazingly supplemented with chutki work. Simple slipstitch was used to fasten small motifs onto the base fabric.

In an article ‘Timeless elegance of Indian embroidery’, Jani and Khosla (2000) enlighten that, Kantha is the patch worked cloth stitched with worn out and redundant saris and dhotis, customarily practiced in West Bengal. The motifs used by artisans were taken from day to day activities and also inspired from their immediate surroundings like mirror, comb, peacock, fish, lotus etc.

Bains and Bhatti (2001) in their study ‘Philosophy of Phulkari’ categorized phulkari according to the vicinity of fabric embroidered as ‘bagh’, ‘chope’, ‘ghungat bagh’, ‘nilak’, ‘salloo’, ‘til patra’, ‘shisdar’ and ‘suber’. There were about 23 types of phulkaris and baghs named after the designs and motifs embroidered on them. The commonly used motifs were geometrical, floral and plants, fruits and vegetables, birds and animal …show more content…
‘kara’ meaning hand and ‘suti’ is the cotton thread, which in totality explains the handwork with cotton thread. Kasuti has resemblance with tattooing and floor decorations that reflect the folk culture of that region. The designs for floor decorations and motifs used in embroidery were almost similar i.e. the geometrical patterns with dots, lines, squares, circles, swastika, lotus, fish, conch shell, creepers, leaves, flowers, animals, birds, and, anthromorphic