tailieunhanh - Aipan: An inspiring folkart for textile designing

India, the land of rich cultural heritage, has been known to the world for its vibrant arts and crafts since ancient time. Floor paintings are one of these art forms which are ritualistic part of ancient Indian culture. Aipan is one of the traditional folk arts of Kumaun region of Uttarakhand drawn on the floor, walls, etc. in the house. In the present study, aipan designs were explored for the designing of woven borders. Ten aipan designs (5 symmetrical and 5 asymmetrical in form) were selected from secondary sources and adapted to make them suitable for use in weaving. Taking each design, four different border arrangements were developed using computer software Corel Draw X7. The prepared border arrangements were assessed by a panel of 30 judges. The selected borders were converted into graphic form establish their suitability for use in weaving using extra yarn figuring technique. This effort was also an attempt to preserve the ancient and valuable art of the state in form of tangible textile base. | 2019 8 6 527-537 EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 06 2019 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Aipan An Inspiring Folkart for Textile Designing 1 2 3 4 Vandana Bhandari1 Anita Rani2 Manisha Gahlot3 and Sakshi4 Department of Clothing and Textiles College of Home Science . Pantnagar Uttarakhand India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Aipan Folk art Border arrangements Article Info Accepted 07 May 2019 Available Online 10 June 2019 India the land of rich cultural heritage has been known to the world for its vibrant arts and crafts since ancient time. Floor paintings are one of these art forms which are ritualistic part of ancient Indian culture. Aipan is one of the traditional folk arts of Kumaun region of Uttarakhand drawn on the floor walls etc. in the house. In the present study aipan designs were explored for the designing of woven borders. Ten aipan designs 5 symmetrical and 5 asymmetrical in form were selected from secondary sources and adapted to make them suitable for use in weaving. Taking each design four different border arrangements were developed using computer software Corel Draw X7. The prepared border arrangements were assessed by a panel of 30 judges. The selected borders were converted into graphic form establish their suitability for use in weaving using extra yarn figuring technique. This effort was also an attempt to preserve the ancient and valuable art of the state in form of tangible textile base. Introduction Indian art history has rich store of traditional arts and folk paintings from ancient times to present times. Hand spun and hand woven textiles are the oldest arts originated in India and evidences revealed the existence of finely woven and madder dyed textiles found at Mohenjo-Daro of Indus valley civilization Gillow and Barnard 1991 . These