Development of screen printed and hand embroidered stoles using Madhubani Motifs

Abstract

The present study was conducted on adaptation of Madhubani motifs on stole through screen printing and hand embroidery. The 120 traditional motifs of Madhubani painting were collected from secondary sources. The motifs were divided in four categories viz. floral & foliage, geometrical, animals & birds and religious. Sixteen motifs i.e. top preferred four motifs from each category were selected based on the experts’ preferences. Thirty designs were created using selected sixteen motifs and five top preferred designs were selected for preparation of design arrangement on stole. Twenty-five design placements were developed and one best design layout of each selected five designs was chosen for preparation of colourways. Five colourways for each chosen five design placements were prepared and one colourways of each design was selected for preparation of stole through screen printing and hand embroidery techniques of fabric embellishment. The prepared stoles were assessed for consumers’ acceptability on different parameters. The motif number 8, 11, 29 and 30 in floral & foliage motifs, motif number 2, 8, 15 and 26 in geometrical motifs category, motif number 1, 18, 19 and 26 in animal & bird motifs category and motif number 2, 13, 28 and 30 in religious motifs category scored highest weighted mean scores. The design number 14, 20, 22, 23 and 29 were the five top preferred designs. The preferred layout of selected five designs were placement III of design number 14 and 20, placement I of design number 22, placement II of design number 23 and placement V of design number 29. As per experts’ choices the most preferred colourways for screen printing and hand embroidery on stoles were colourway I of design number 14 and 22, colourway II of design number 20 and 23 and colourway V of design number 29. Five stoles were prepared through screen printing and hand embroidery as per preferred placements and colourways of selected five designs. All the screen printed and hand embroidered stoles were found very fascinating and well accepted by consumers. All the consumers rated the cost of developed stoles as appropriate.