Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 31, No 2 (2018)

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Re-exploring the bird heritage carvings of Pattadakallu for computer aided embroidery

PRIYANKA B. BAGI, JYOTI V. VASTRAD

Abstract


The conventional method of designing was tiresome and time consuming. Computer aided designing is a devicethat cannot replace the designer but can make the effort of designing a more accurate and gratifying. The Computer AidedEmbroidery (CAE) design software that has been developed fulfils the needs of the home, commercial and the industrialembroidery. In the present study an attempt has been made to utilise and document the bird heritage motifs of Pattadakallucarvings through computer aided embroidery. Ten motifs were developed on computer using Wilcom software to developembroidery motifs. These motifs were evaluated by panel of fifty home scientists to select the best designs. The findingsof the study depicted that the motifs were appreciated by the respondents and willing to accept these motifs for textiledesigning.

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