Authors : Kedar Mrunalini and Mankar Varsha
Page Nos : 135-139
Description :
The present study was focused on the development of creative contemporary fashion garment through application of kalamkari painting on silk fabric, with natural dyes extracted from the barks of Banyan, Jackfruit and Sapota plants. Pre–mordanting was done with harda and alum. kalamkari painting was done with black vegetable dye i.e. kasim and the other dyes were extracted from the selected plants. Painted fabric was subjected to wash, rub, perspiration and light fastness properties. Designed and constructed crop tops were introduced to the panel of judges, to evaluate overall impact, in terms of awareness towards eco friendly dye, the shades obtained from natural dyes and application of value addition technique i.e. kalamkari painting
