Indriya's Features
 
 
Description
 A design so rare, inspired by a beautiful pond of lotus flowers, makes this striking double ikat Pochampalli handloom pure silk saree is a stunning and ethereal tribute to Indian art and culture.  The saree is in bright blue with pretty flowers and fauna handwoven across the saree. The bright lotus flowers are the special highlight of the saree. Saree has 2 borders. The first is a red border with stripes and the second a floral border in green. After which the main body of the saree in blue starts. The contrasts of red, green and blue makes this saree an exquisite one to drape. 
The aanchal of the saree is in red and has vertical rectangles of flowers. When draped this saree is bound to evoke wows!
Saree has a running blouse with stripes.
 
About Ikat (meaning to bind - from the word Mengikat in Indonesian)
The origin of Ikat, a tie-dye and weaving technique, although credited to Indonesia, it is believed that the craft came up across various regions in Central and South Asia around the same time. 
Ikat's journey in India goes back thousands of years. The murals of the Ajanta caves, which are some thousand years old, offer some of the earliest references to the craft. The ikat fabric in India started as being used for religious activities and was considered sacred. One of the most intricate and elaborate methods, the art of ikat is a method that involves the resist-dye technique and weaving loose threads after the dyeing. 
The ikat pattern is firstly planned out onto the warp or weft or both by hand. Parts of the yarns for the warp and/or weft are bound and protected with a resist tie before dyeing to match the planned pattern.They are then dyed in the chosen colours. Once dry the ties are removed and the yarn is wound onto the loom. The pattern is woven and the true shapes of the ikat patterns appear often in a density that highlights the warp.
A characteristic of ikat textiles is an apparent “blurriness” or feathering to the design. The blurriness is a result of the extreme difficulty the weaver has lining up the dyed yarns so that the pattern comes out perfectly in the finished cloth.  Ikats with little blurriness, multiple colours and complicated patterns are more difficult to create and therefore often more expensive. The different types of Ikat are :
Warp Ikat: where only the warp threads are bound. This is the most common.
Weft Ikat: where only the weft threads are bound.
Compound Ikat: where both the warp and weft threads are bound, but their designs are independent of each other.
Double Ikat: where both the warp and weft threads are bound, but their designs work together to create the overall pattern. This technique is the most rare due to how complicated and difficult it is to create.
* This product has been woven on a handloom by the weaver and may have slight irregularities that are a natural outcome due to the human involvement in weaving a unique handcrafted product without any electrical power. The colours may fade or bleed due to the traditional dyeing method employed.
* There may be slight differences in color of the actual product due to lighting conditions during photography.