COMMUNITIES INVOLVED:
The Node community hails from an area called Vanga in Tharparkar in Sindh, Pakistan. All 15 subgroups originally resided there. Many Node families came to Kutch and settled in different villages. Other families went straight to Badmer taluka in Rajasthan. They were farmers, zamindars (landlords), and cattle rearers.
The women of this community practice a set of distinctive embroidery styles in which there is an abundance of floral motifs. The embroidery seen on the clothing of women, men, and children.
ABOUT CRAFT:
The world of Node embroidery is a world of colorful flowers of varied shapes and sizes. Node flowers are robust and have an embossed look and feel to them. Craftswomen create this effect by using layered stitches that are inherently strong and
bold. Even when other stitches are used, they are rendered so close and tight that the base fabric does not show through. All this creates the embossed effect that is pure Node.
They do Pakko, Kachcho, Soof, Khaarak, Kambhiri, Hurmaj, Neran, Phoolado, Ashrafi, Tariyo styles of embroidery.
