Kalamkari, also called pen work, refers to textiles that are printed or painted using a particular technique. Although, painted textiles have been recovered from the Indus Valley Civilisation ...

Long before fast fashion and synthetic blends, India was weaving magic with natural dyes, human hands, and unmatched patience ...

A tiny town known for the exquisite Kalamkari style of textile printing - which earned it a GI tag - may be losing its sheen, thanks to a spurt in the use of modern and chemical methods that ...

7 Indian textiles that will help you change your house into an artistic home . Kalamkari Rooted in Andhra Pradesh, Kalamkari is an art on cloth. Each piece carries hand-painted or block-printed ...

Our team of artisans is striving to develop the museum into an authentic Indian source on the textile art of Kalamkari.” Published - January 25, 2020 11:35 pm IST Read Comments ...

A video on how the traditional woodblock-printed Kalamkari textile art of Andhra Pradesh is being impacted by the State government’s decision to curb trade of black jaggery, a vital ingredient ...

Painting the Puranas - Kalamkari paintings are used to depict mythology, writes HARSHA DEHEJIA Kalamkari or pen work refers to textiles that are printed or painted using a particular ...

Another reason for the decline is the rising prices of the Rajahmundry 'betills', 'salempores' bordered stout calico, which were the specific textile used for Kalamkari work in this region, feels ...

McKnight, a 2002 Bates graduate and art history major, arrived in India in August and will stay through May 2005, researching traditional “kalamkari” textiles in the country’s south. Michael Roberts, ...