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Question
What type of colours and motifs are used on Ikat fabrics?
Solution
- Traditionally colours from plants, flowers and barks of trees were used as dyes for making Ikat.
- Lately, patterns are derived from ethnic or religious symbolism. Ikat patterns are designed with vertical axis symmetry or with a mirror image running along the centre line resulting in pattern or Ikat design to be the same on both the sides of the fabric.
- Ikat weavers assemble complex geometric motifs by repeating simple shapes and applying transformations to them. Simple motifs like fish, flowers, stars and animals including elephants and parrots.
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