THE ART OF HANDLOOM

What is a loom?

1. Loom is a device used to weave clothes.

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3. Based on the operation we classify them into two types

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4. 1. Handloom ->

5. in this majority of work being done by hands and legs.

6. This is an art from the ancestors.

7. There are wide verity of types of cloths and their design.

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9. 2.powerloom->

10. This requires less human involvement.

11. Person has to check whether machines are working properly or not.

Manual operation in handloom

• While weaving only two method's

• 1.Fly Shuttling->> hand movements makes shuttle to pass through the gap in between two segments of yarn threads.

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• 2.Peddling-> the movement of peddles creates a gap in b/w yarn threads. That facilitate the shuttle to go through.

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• > By above two methods makes horizontal and vertical alignment of yarn threads which in turn produces piece of cloth.

Handloom vs Powerloom

Handloom• 1.Manual operation.

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• 2.less production.

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• 3.Low iinvestment

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• 4. High quality

Powerloom• 1.Operated and run by electrical

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• 2. MoreLinvestment.

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• 3. High investment.

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• 4. Low quality.

Why handloom textiles lost its glory?

• 1.Before the start of industrial revolution weaver have license to weave 22 different kinds of garments.

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• 2. With the advent of industrial revolution power came into existence.

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• 3. People find easy to weave cloths on powerloom as there is involvement of manual operation.

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• 4. With this Indian government restricted it to 7 types.

• Lungi,towels,blankets, bedsheets, sarees, chaddars,shawls,sarong.

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• 5. The cost of ingredients like dyes, yarn thread, equipments got hike.

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• 6 . proper steps not taken by government to encourage them. Like subsidies, weaver's I.D card.

Why we should bring back the glory of handloom industry?1.It is not an occupation but it is an art.

2. It is handcraft.

3.Intellectual property.

Ex..->We come across big hoarding that written on it.

Kanchipuram saree, benaras saree,pochampally saree's available ,but no where it is written that powerloom saree's are available.

This show how desire to buy and demand for it.

It is the 2nd largest industry after agriculture.( it is the livelihood of 13 lacks people in India.

How to restore the glory of ancient art?• Creating an open market like farmers.

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• By loans and subsidies

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• By creating handloom clusters and textile parks.

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• By associating handlooms with N.I.F.T. for various fashion designs.

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• By giving special training in the field of designing textiles. We have IIHT in Varanasi, odissa,chattisgarh,Karnataka ,Kerala, Rajasthan.

Initiatives taken by central or state government to restore the glory of ancient art.

• As technology progress, we should not forget our roots.res

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• 1.central government declared 7th august as national handloom day.

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• 2.Telangna government initiative by sanctioning a india's biggest textile park to warrangal near hanumakonda.(2000-3000 acres)

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• Previously we can see those parks in solapur, tirupur, Surat.

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• 3. Telangana government passed a rule that all government official should wear handloom fabrics on every Monday.

Brand ambassador to promote handloom textiles

Sources

• 1.The times of india.

• 2.Deccan herald

• 3.The Hindu

• 4. Economic times of India.

• 5.http://www.maulanaengineering.com/power-loom-machine.htm