A much controversial Sari!!!
Hear it from Martand Singh, the undisputed Textile Revivalist and Crafts Master, fondly known as Mapu and Rta Kapur Chishti, Author, Researcher, Design Developer and a Textile specialist.
"This textile reflects an attempt to transfer the refined artistry of the Kotpad tribal saris to Tussar silk. Since the weavers of the Kotpad weave were unwilling to experiment with finer count cotton textures or to increase their narrow fabric width, the intervention was shifted to Gopalpur, a Tussar weaving area in the Jajpur district of Orissa. The weavers of Gopalpur, had used, until recent times, hand - reeled Tussar yarns to produce plain saris and fabrics of substantial weight and texture. For this sari, hand-reeled Tussar yarns were procured once again from Nuapatna and dyed at the Weavers' Service Centre in Bhubaneshwar. Despite the heavy grains of the Tussar yarns, an extremely reduced scale and range of geometric elements, borrowed from Kotpad, format and pattern the sari."
