here is brief information about Ahir and Heer Bharat embroideries of Gujarat, including origin, history, techniques used in making, motifs and designers. you can check out how I used this embroidery in woman's apparel by clicking this link https://www.behance.net/gallery/99553209/Heer-bharat-%28embroidery%29

1. AHIR & HEER
BHARATEmbroideryof Gujarat
Prachi.Shah
FD4
NIFT
(Jodhpur)

2. GUJARAT
FOREIGN
EMBROIDERY
CHINAI EMBROIDERY
DOMESTIC
EMBROIDER STYLES
SINDHI
KUTCH
RABARI
AHIR
KAMBI
SAURASHTRA KATHIPA
KATHIS

3. DOMESTIC EMBROIDERY
• Each type of embroidery is done
by its specific community
• Most of this communities are
farmers or herdsmen
• Share a common dowry tradition.
• Own style of embroidery, range of
colors and repertoire of stitches.
• Helps identify caste and social
status.
• Intact and alive tradition

4. KUTCH STYLE OF EMBROIDERY
• Rabari shepherds, Kambi farming and Ahir herding castes are the main
practitioners of Kutch style of embroidery.
• Got its root from ‘Mochi’
• Characteristics
• Open-chain stitching
• Profuse use of mirrors in case of Rabari and Ahir

5. Ahir bharat

6. Origin/history
• It was originally practiced by
pastoral community/ nomadic
sheep herders settled in Kuch.
• Are patronage by royal family.
• They identify themselves as Gops
or herdsmen who came with
Krishna to Dwarka.
• Mostly engaged in agriculture.

7. CARACTERISTICS
• TOOLS:
• Fabric
• Chalk
• Stencil
• Silk or cotton thread
• Needle
• Abhalas
• STITCHES
• Extensive use of abhlas
• Only round abhlas used
• Sakli and vanna (herring bone)
stitches used
• COLOR
• Of embroidery- white, yellow,
green and red
• Of background – red, orange,
white, black or green

8. MOTIFS
Dhungo Elephant Chaatudiyo phool Sedh phool
Mor (peacock) Lord Krishna Zad (tree of life) Variation of peacock

9. SAURASHTRA STYLE OF
EMBROIDERY
• It includes of Kathipa also know as Heer embroidery
• Here the designs are geometric

10. HEER BHARAT

11. ORIGIN/ HISTORY
• This embroidery got its name from
the silk floss used for making of
embroidery, which is locally
known as ‘Heer’
• Is also known as ‘Banni’
embroidery
• It is done by the Banni and
Lohana community

12. CHARACTERISTICS
• COLOR
• Red
• Yellow
• Pink Filled with tread work
• STITCH- FILLING
• Button-hole
• Long and short (double satin)
stitch
• Colorful & shady threads
around small pieces of mirrors
• FABRIC – hand woven and hand
spun cotton and wool
• DESIGNS –geometric and
minute

13. MOTIFS
PHOOL
PECOCK
MILKMAN
VARIATION OF PHOOL

14. LIVING AND LEARNING
DESIGN CENTER
A pioneering effort of the Shrujan trust to preserve, revitalize, and promote the
glorious craft heritage of kutch

15. DESIGNER
Anita Dongre At LFW 2015 with Ahir
embroidery - Dia Mirza On Ramp
Designer Rahul
and Shikha
shows Bandhani
and Ahir
embroidery on
LFW 2016
summer resort
Vrisa collection

16. INTERNATIONAL DESIGNER
Moschino in LA for resort 2017

17. INTERNATIONAL DESIGNERS
Barbara Bui Spring/Summer
2015 Collection-
Paris Fashion Week

18. CELEBRITIES
Shilpa
Shetty in
Ahir
blouse
Cameron Diaz in Herr saree

19. THANK YOU