Weaves of Srikakulam district
Use of short staple cotton and single charkha which is completely hand made is whatponduru khadi is known for. Ponduru town has about 180 to 200 looms and the surrounding villages have about 150.Each loom needs 4 to 6 people working. It also has about 11 active societies which marketthrough APCO but they also do […]
Weaves of Kurnool district
Established in 1938, Yemmiganur Weavers Cooperative Society in Kurnool district is theoldest in AP which saw its popularity peak in 1998 (the Hindu – 2019) when there were over2500 members, now they are down to only 599. With 60 outlets spread over AP, TS, KAearlier, has now reduced to 25 which are mostly in AP. […]
Weaves of Kadapa district
Kadapa district has about 200 societies and each society could have between 20 to 200weavers as members. Some of the clusters are Proddatur, Dommara Nandyala,Jammalamadugu, Veparala, Madhavaram, Morugudi, Pullampet etc. Madhavaram is a small village on the banks of the Penna river. As in other districts ofAndhra Pradesh, Kadapa too has a rich heritage of […]
Weaves of Nellore district
Venkatagiri is a small village in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh and is famous because ofthe iconic Venkatagiri Handloom weaves. The main communities involved in the handloomindustry are Padmasali, Devanga, Pattusali and Karnasali which accounts to 30% of thepopulation. There are around 10,000 looms in this small town in Manulalapet andBangarupet. Devanga community weavers have […]
Weaves of Prakasam district
Courtesy: Weavers Service Center, Vijayawada Conversation with Macherla Mohan Rao garu who is president and founder of RastraChenetha Jana Samakhya and National Federation of Handlooms and Handicraftsand a resident of Prakasam district, says that the handloom sector here is more than400 years old and the British used to export handloom textiles from Chirala. In hiscapacity […]
Weaves of Chittoor District
Narayanavanam, Varadayyapalem, Sri Kalahasthi, Sathyavedu and Puttur arefamous for handloom weaving in Chittoor district. silk and wool weaving is famous inChittoor urban, Palamaner, Madanapalle and Kuppam Mandal. Handlooms in thedistrict at present are producing solid bordered sarees, dhotis, lungis, towels,bedsheets, shirting and angavastram as chief products. At present (2019), there are8595 handlooms in the district. […]
Weaves of Anantapur District
If there is a wedding in the family and have not yet heard of Dharmavaram pattuhandloom sarees, which are comparable to the best in the country, then you haveyet to discover the skills of our weaver community of Anantapur district. About 40 to 50 percent of the population here belong to either the Padmasali,Devanga or […]
Thread craft (crochet)
Most of us would not know of Girija bondapalli, but this down to earth woman is anentrepreneur and manages an NGO. We got to know her through a live interviewconducted by ccap on Instagram during covid and she says during this time she wasable to reach out to more people because of zoom and to […]
Kalamkari
In the very early history of pen Kalamkari this was prevalent in four regions.Kalahasti, Golkonda, Palakollu and Pedana, but today it is practised in only tworegions – Kalahasti and Pedana.Pedana work with wooden blocks while in Kalahasti the pen is used to draw theoutline. Kalahasti Kalamkari is an old traditional craft of Andhra Pradesh, which […]
Clay craft
Madanapalle and Palamaner clusters of Chittoor district engage about 287 artisansof clay craft. Terracotta is one of the earliest mediums in which man began to mould.The clayused is generally a blend of two to three clays found in the nearby river beds, pitsand ditches. More often than not the fuel used is one of the […]
