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    Kalamkari is an ancient hand-painting art from India done with natural dyes on fabric. It involves many steps of preparation and uses dyes extracted from natural sources like plants to create colors without chemicals. The art is over 3000 years old and features motifs from Hindu mythology depicted in two main styles - the block-printed Machilipatnam style and the hand-painted Srikalahasti style which draws from temple art.

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    Kalamkari is an ancient hand-painting art from India done with natural dyes on fabric. It involves many steps of preparation and uses dyes extracted from natural sources like plants to create colors without chemicals. The art is over 3000 years old and features motifs from Hindu mythology depicted in two main styles - the block-printed Machilipatnam style and the hand-painted Srikalahasti style which draws from temple art.

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    Kalamkari is an ancient hand-painting art from India done with natural dyes on fabric. It involves many steps of preparation and uses dyes extracted from natural sources like plants to create colors without chemicals. The art is over 3000 years old and features motifs from Hindu mythology depicted in two main styles - the block-printed Machilipatnam style and the hand-painted Srikalahasti style which draws from temple art.

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    Kalamkari

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    Prescilla Jenifer
    Kalamkari is an ancient hand-painting art from India done with natural dyes on fabric. It involves many steps of preparation and uses dyes extracted from natural sources like plants to create colors without chemicals. The art is over 3000 years old and features motifs from Hindu mythology depicted in two main styles - the block-printed Machilipatnam style and the hand-painted Srikalahasti style which draws from temple art.

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    kalamkari

    • Kalamkari is an ancient style of hand painting


    done on cotton or silk fabric with a tamarind
    pen, using natural dyes.
    • The word Kalamkari is derived from a Persian
    word where ‘kalam‘ means pen and ‘kari‘
    refers to craftsmanship.
    • This art involves 23 tedious steps of dyeing,
    bleaching, hand painting, block printing,
    starching, cleaning and more.
    History
    • Centuries ago, folk singers and painters used to
    wander from one village to other, narrating
    stories of Hindu mythology to the village
    people. But with course of time, the process of
    telling tales transformed into canvas painting
    and that’s when Kalamkari art first saw the
    light of day.
    • This colorful art dates back to more than 3000
    B.C.
    • According to the historians, fabric samples
    depicting Kalamkari art was found at the
    archeological sites of Mohenjo-daro.
    • Cotton fabric used for Kalamkari is first treated
    with a solution of cow dung and bleach. After
    keeping the fabric in this solution for hours,
    the fabric gets a uniform off-white color. After
    this, the cotton fabric is immersed in a mixture
    of buffalo milk and Myrobalans.
    • This avoids smudging of dyes in the fabric
    when it is painted with natural dyes.
    • The fabric likewise, is washed twenty times
    and dried under the sun.
    • Once the fabric is ready for painting, artists
    sketch motifs and designs on the fabric.
    • Post this, the Kalamkari artists prepare dyes
    using natural sources to fill colors within the
    drawings
    Colors used
    • Kalamkari art primarily use earthy colors like
    indigo, mustard, rust, black and green.
    • Natural dyes used to paint colors in Kalamkari
    art is extracted for natural sources with no use
    of chemicals and artificial  matter.
    • Black- craftsmen extract black color by
    blending jaggery, water and iron fillings which 
    they essentially use for outlining the sketches.
    • mustard or yellow is derived by boiling
    pomegranate peels.
    • red hues are created from bark of madder
    or algirin.
    • blue is obtained from indigo .
    • green is derived by mixing yellow and blue
    together.
    motifs
    • Mythological motifs of Krishna Raas-Leela,
    Indian god and goddesses like Parvati, Vishnu,
    Shri Jaganath; designs of peacock, lotus; and
    scenes from the Hindu epics like Mahabharata
    and Ramayana are used in plenty.
    Types of Kalamkari
    • There are two identifiable styles of Kalamkari
    art in India – Srikalahasti style and
    Machilipatnam style.
    • In the Machilipatnam style of Kalamkari,
    motifs are essentially printed with hand-
    carved traditional blocks with intricate
    detailing painted by hands.
    • On the other hand, Srikalahasti style of
    painting draws inspiration from the Hindu
    mythology describing scenes from the epics
    and folklore. This style holds a strong religious
    connect because of its origin in the temples.
    Present day
    • In recent times, two other types of Kalamkari
    patterns have also emerged, based on the
    states where it is created. Gujarat and Andhra
    Pradesh are two prime states in India, where
    two different types of Kalamkari patterns are
    done.
    • The Andhra Kalamkari borrows design
    inspiration from forts, palaces and temples of
    India, along with motifs of animals and birds.
    • While the Gujarat Kalamkari depict motifs of
    mythological characters like Krishna-Arjuna
    from Mahabharata, lord Krishna, lord
    Ganesha, lord Buddha etc.

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