The sarees of Puttapaka
4 sarees tied to Puttapaka: woven there, or made its own.
Motifs of Puttapaka
🇮🇳 IndiaTelia Rumal
An ikat craft that oils the yarn before dyeing it, once made at ChiralaIkat
🇮🇳 IndiaPochampally sari
A Telangana handloom saree whose geometric motifs come from dyed-then-woven ikat yarnsSilk · Ikat
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreIkat
A resist-dyeing method that patterns yarns before they are wovenCotton · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaPuttapaka sari
A silk ikat saree from Puttapaka village, with patterns tied into the warpSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaPochampally sari
A Telangana handloom saree whose geometric motifs come from dyed-then-woven ikat yarnsSilk · Ikat
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreIkat
A resist-dyeing method that patterns yarns before they are wovenCotton · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaPuttapaka sari
A silk ikat saree from Puttapaka village, with patterns tied into the warpSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Pochampally sari: Hermann Linde, Public domain, source
- Ikat: Midori, CC BY 3.0, source