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We are a Ngo working in karnataka. Specialize in

intricate crafts in Kasuti and negi work and Zari Zardose work. we have

more workers with us who do this work. We are

interested in export order also. Please help in this regard. If any interested Persons or NGOs and Designers, Exporters other persons and please

help in this regard

AWWA TEAM

What we do

As an organisation committed to fair trade:

create opportunities for poor Artisans and producers

ensure trading practices are fair, both in terms of payment and prices

ensure that children are not being exploited

ensure there is no discrimination ensure working conditions are safe

focuses on trading with poor and marginalised Artisans and producer groups, helping them develop skills and sustainable livelihoods through the trading relationship.

pays fair prices that cover the full cost of production and enable a living wage and other fair rewards to be earned by producers.

provides credit when needed to allow orders to be fulfilled.

encourages the fair treatment of all workers, ensuring good conditions in the workplace and throughout the supply chain.

aims to build up long-term relationships, rather than looking for short-term commercial advantage.

ABOUT KASUTI WORK

Hubli city & Dharwar city is famous for one type of traditional embroidery called Kasuti.

 In Kannada, the word for embroidery is Kasuti . Kasuti or

 Kashidakari is an antique embroidery form that goes back to the

 8th century. Practiced in the villages bordering Karnataka and

 Maharashtra, particularly in Dharwar, Kasuti work has traditionally

 been and is still done entirely by women. After a day's hard

 domestic work, women devote themselves to Kasuti work. The

 threads of Kasuti embroidery speak of folk craft, its beautiful

 geometric designs derived from temple sculptures, evoking images

of chariots, birds, animals and flowers, all done in the rangoli format. There is a great deal of

 similarity between Rangoli and Kasooti. There are some differences too. The Rangoli is a free-hand, stationary art-form, whereas Kasuti is predetermined, mobile, and an art-form based on needle and thread

 The most frequently used colors are red, purple, orange and yellow, the brighter shades of these being preferred. Kasuti is done on both cotton and silk fabrics. The Kasuti worker does not trace the motifs to set the pattern. The pattern is in the mind and is built upon a net attached to the cloth. For extremely fine materials an embroidery ring is employed to help avoid wrinkles. The basic stitches used are cross and double running stitches. Once a languishing craft, Kasuti slowly became almost tint and owes its revival to few intrepid

NGO's and some women craft activities.

A great variety of stitches are employed in order to obtain the

 desired design. Frequently employed ones are Ele, Mente, Negi,

 Gavanthe, and Marige. Each thread in the cloth is counted and

 patterns are stitched in such way that the designs on both sides of

 the cloth look very much alike. It is the tradition to have a couple of

 embroidered saris among the bridal trousseau. The pallu (the

 throw of the sari, which covers the bosom and the head) is very

 elaborately embroidered. Motifs include geometrical designs, the

 Gopuram, the kalasha, planted Tulsis, cradles, and chariots. Animals such as elephants,

 cows, parrots, bulls and peacocks are also used. Sometimes, flowers and creepers are

 interwoven with the animals.In Maharashtra and Karnataka, very elaborate Kasuti is

 embroidered on a great variety of articles. Ilkal ( Irkal) saris are well suited for Kasuti work.