Description

SOK MAROON SOZNI JAMAVAR

Jamavar shawls age back to the 18^th and 19^th century. Over the years these Master Craftsmen have evolved various new techniques to recreate each piece which is unique. They create with inimitable delicacy of warp and weft, of material and design, the legendary beauty of the Jamavar shawls from Kashmir.

The 100% coverage of Shawl with extensive hand embroidery creates the famed Jamavar shawl. The embroidery technique differs from a single stitch called a Sozni stitch to a papermachie stitch.

The Paper machie stitch involves the use of more color and filing of a motif with fine embroidery, where by a motif depicts the effect of shading. This too is as time consuming and it is only this extreme mastery of these highly skilled craftsmen,who create these matchless wonders.

The embroidery patterns for generations have been influenced by nature. Over the years the motifs evolved being influenced by European patterns which converted the traditional Badam shape to the curvilinear elongated Paisley shape.

The intricacy and detailing of the design takes a craftsmen a minimum of a year to complete the entire shawl.