Kalamkari or qalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, produced in parts of India and Iran. Its name originates in thePersian قلمکار, which is derived from the words qalam (pen) and kari (craftmanship), meaning drawing with a pen.
There are two distinctive styles of kalamkari art in India - the Srikalahasti style and the Machilipatnamstyle. The Srikalahasti style of kalamkari, wherein the "kalam" or pen is used for free hand drawing of the subject and filling in the colors, is entirely hand worked. This style flowered around temples and their patronage and so had an almost religious identity - scrolls, temple hangings, chariot banners and the like, depicted deities and scenes taken from the Hindu epics - Ramayana, Mahabarata, Puranas and the mythological classics.Only natural dyes are used in kalamkari and it involves seventeen steps.
Raima Sen sports a Kalamkari Dupatta
Vidya Balan Drapes a Kalamkari Sari
There are two distinctive styles of kalamkari art in India - the Srikalahasti style and the Machilipatnamstyle. The Srikalahasti style of kalamkari, wherein the "kalam" or pen is used for free hand drawing of the subject and filling in the colors, is entirely hand worked. This style flowered around temples and their patronage and so had an almost religious identity - scrolls, temple hangings, chariot banners and the like, depicted deities and scenes taken from the Hindu epics - Ramayana, Mahabarata, Puranas and the mythological classics.Only natural dyes are used in kalamkari and it involves seventeen steps.
Raima Sen sports a Kalamkari Dupatta
Vidya Balan Drapes a Kalamkari Sari
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