Re-establishing the language of traditional by-products through E-textiles

Abstract

Owing to industrialization the textile industry changed its long and tedious hours of job to a simpler and more promising policies and machines. These policies not even boosted the fabric demands but also gave an opportunity to industries to increase their grounds with respect to Fashion Technology. This industrialization is the reason for which recyclable yarn became a catalyst in the fashion technology. Power looms have modernized the tools and techniques of weaving but every aspect progresses with a bit of a disadvantage. Power looms are the sectors utilizing the largest amount of water than any other business sector In India. Due to which waste re-cycling is not a factor .This is due to the use of synthetic fibers over natural fibers. Handloom community recognizes different natural fibers in the process of spinning and weaving. Due to which in order for the material to remain safe and eco-friendly. Communities practicing natural dyeing and weaving have their own propaganda and principle respect towards their own material. Moreover, communities prefer mill-spun yarn over hand-spun yarn in order to reduce the time slot in manufacturing a product. Natural dyeing and weaving itself is an art which depends on the availability of resources in a particular area. That is the reason why different regions develop different variety of product from qualitative aspect. Being from different region yet “Ikat fabric” remains the most common sustainable product manufactured. When these tangible natural resources are converted into fabrics through long and tedious process, the final product remains astonishing. Keeping in mind the properties of these fabrics, which has a limited lifetime, is either re-used for an alternate purpose or re-cycled into some other product. These can be classified as preconsumer waste and post-consumer waste. Based on this segregation the re-cycling process for both the aspects are different. The products under pre-consumer waste are either utilize for a social cause or rather what industries prefer is re-selling. Irrespective of what the recycled product turns out to be, there is hardly a benefitting factor for the weavers and the artisans. The industries remain the primary benefited body and the consumers remains the secondary benefited body. Weaving community live by a principle factor of organizing their work with respect to art, science and social aspect.