Kalamkari Dupatta

Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted cotton textile produced in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari , which involves twenty-three steps. {"items":[{"productId":"wc-3558","productUrl":"https://dioramadesigns.in/product/handloom-kalamkari-silk-dupatta/","productTitle":"Handloom Kalamkari Silk Dupatta","productBrand":"","productPrice":5500,"productPriceCurrency":"INR","productDetails":"Kalamkari is a popular and one of the oldest hand-printed textile artwork from South India. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari, which is an ancient style of hand painting done on cotton or silk fabric with a tamarind pen. It is amazing that a 3000-year-old craft of pen Kalamkari still survives, unaltered and majestic in its very simplicity.\r\n\r\nKalamkari was first used to portray scenes from sacred texts such as the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Bhagavatam. These paintings were often used as decorative backdrops in temples, depicting the stories of deities. Today, these subjects are still common in Kalamkari, as well as other spiritual and ancient symbols.\r\n\r\n1.This product has been woven by hand and may have slight irregularities that are a natural outcome of the human involvement in the process.\r\n\r\n2.Screen and digital printed ones look perfect whereas authentic hand-painted Kalamkari has irregularities and minor stains as they are being hand-painted by artisans. It is the irregularity and imperfection that add more beauty to authentic Kalamkari.\r\n\r\n3.The smell of milk is the other prominent factor as it is involved in the process of making Kalamkari sarees, dupattas &amp; fabrics.\r\n\r\n4. As the fabrics are being washed multiple times during the process, they are rustic, raw &amp; earthy.\r\n\r\n5.Kalamkari uses natural dyes which do not carry a brighter look like the artificial dyes and the natural ones might fade a little over a period of time without losing their hand-painted elegance.","productImages":[{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995324305-01Resize-Copy-1.jpg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995290783-01Resize.jpg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995405048-01Resize-1.jpg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995388865-01Resize-1.jpg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995362149-01Resize-1.jpg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995290783-01Resize-1.jpg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995253123-01Resize.jpg","alt":""}],"aggregateRating":{"ratingValue":0,"reviewCount":0,"reviewUrl":"https://dioramadesigns.in/product/handloom-kalamkari-silk-dupatta/"},"yoast_head":null,"yoast_head_json":null}]}

There are two distinctive styles of Kalamkari art in India – Srikalahasti style and the Machilipatnam style {"items":[{"productId":"wc-3559","productUrl":"https://dioramadesigns.in/product/kalamkari-handloom-silk-mustard-dupatta/","productTitle":"Kalamkari Handloom Silk Mustard Dupatta","productBrand":"","productPrice":5500,"productPriceCurrency":"INR","productDetails":"Kalamkari is a popular and one of the oldest hand-printed textile artwork from South India. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari, which is an ancient style of hand painting done on cotton or silk fabric with a tamarind pen. It is amazing that a 3000-year-old craft of pen Kalamkari still survives, unaltered and majestic in its very simplicity.\r\n\r\nKalamkari was first used to portray scenes from sacred texts such as the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Bhagavatam. These paintings were often used as decorative backdrops in temples, depicting the stories of deities. Today, these subjects are still common in Kalamkari, as well as other spiritual and ancient symbols.\r\n\r\n1.This product has been woven by hand and may have slight irregularities that are a natural outcome of the human involvement in the process.\r\n\r\n2.Screen and digital printed ones look perfect whereas authentic hand-painted Kalamkari has irregularities and minor stains as they are being hand-painted by artisans. It is the irregularity and imperfection that add more beauty to authentic Kalamkari.\r\n\r\n3.The smell of milk is the other prominent factor as it is involved in the process of making Kalamkari sarees, dupattas &amp; fabrics.\r\n\r\n4. As the fabrics are being washed multiple times during the process, they are rustic, raw &amp; earthy.\r\n\r\n5.Kalamkari uses natural dyes which do not carry a brighter look like the artificial dyes and the natural ones might fade a little over a period of time without losing their hand-painted elegance.","productImages":[{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995907275-01Resize.jpg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1644995877385-01ResizeLogo.jpg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1644995973018-01ResizeLogo.jpg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995952084-01Resize.jpg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1644995933725-01ResizeLogo.jpg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1644995857540-01ResizeLogo.jpg","alt":""}],"aggregateRating":{"ratingValue":0,"reviewCount":0,"reviewUrl":"https://dioramadesigns.in/product/kalamkari-handloom-silk-mustard-dupatta/"},"yoast_head":null,"yoast_head_json":null}]}

This style flourished in temples centered on creating unique religious identities, appearing on scrolls, temple hangings, chariot banners as well as depictions of deities. {"items":[{"productId":"wc-3557","productUrl":"https://dioramadesigns.in/product/diorama-designs-kalamkari-silk-dupatta/","productTitle":"Diorama Designs Kalamkari Silk Dupatta","productBrand":"","productPrice":5500,"productPriceCurrency":"INR","productDetails":"Kalamkari is a popular and one of the oldest hand-printed textile artwork from South India. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari, which is an ancient style of hand painting done on cotton or silk fabric with a tamarind pen. It is amazing that a 3000-year-old craft of pen Kalamkari still survives, unaltered and majestic in its very simplicity.\r\n\r\nKalamkari was first used to portray scenes from sacred texts such as the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Bhagavatam. These paintings were often used as decorative backdrops in temples, depicting the stories of deities. Today, these subjects are still common in Kalamkari, as well as other spiritual and ancient symbols.\r\n\r\n1.This product has been woven by hand and may have slight irregularities that are a natural outcome of the human involvement in the process.\r\n\r\n2.Screen and digital printed ones look perfect whereas authentic hand-painted Kalamkari has irregularities and minor stains as they are being hand-painted by artisans. It is the irregularity and imperfection that add more beauty to authentic Kalamkari.\r\n\r\n3.The smell of milk is the other prominent factor as it is involved in the process of making Kalamkari sarees, dupattas &amp; fabrics.\r\n\r\n4. As the fabrics are being washed multiple times during the process, they are rustic, raw &amp; earthy.\r\n\r\n5.Kalamkari uses natural dyes which do not carry a brighter look like the artificial dyes and the natural ones might fade a little over a period of time without losing their hand-painted elegance.","productImages":[{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995132683-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Ff.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995098089-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995068609-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995223360-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995168671-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""}],"aggregateRating":{"ratingValue":0,"reviewCount":0,"reviewUrl":"https://dioramadesigns.in/product/diorama-designs-kalamkari-silk-dupatta/"},"yoast_head":null,"yoast_head_json":null}]}

The style owes its present status to Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay who popularized the art as the first chairperson of the All India Handicrafts Board {"items":[{"productId":"wc-3557","productUrl":"https://dioramadesigns.in/product/diorama-designs-kalamkari-silk-dupatta/","productTitle":"Diorama Designs Kalamkari Silk Dupatta","productBrand":"","productPrice":5500,"productPriceCurrency":"INR","productDetails":"Kalamkari is a popular and one of the oldest hand-printed textile artwork from South India. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari, which is an ancient style of hand painting done on cotton or silk fabric with a tamarind pen. It is amazing that a 3000-year-old craft of pen Kalamkari still survives, unaltered and majestic in its very simplicity.\r\n\r\nKalamkari was first used to portray scenes from sacred texts such as the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Bhagavatam. These paintings were often used as decorative backdrops in temples, depicting the stories of deities. Today, these subjects are still common in Kalamkari, as well as other spiritual and ancient symbols.\r\n\r\n1.This product has been woven by hand and may have slight irregularities that are a natural outcome of the human involvement in the process.\r\n\r\n2.Screen and digital printed ones look perfect whereas authentic hand-painted Kalamkari has irregularities and minor stains as they are being hand-painted by artisans. It is the irregularity and imperfection that add more beauty to authentic Kalamkari.\r\n\r\n3.The smell of milk is the other prominent factor as it is involved in the process of making Kalamkari sarees, dupattas &amp; fabrics.\r\n\r\n4. As the fabrics are being washed multiple times during the process, they are rustic, raw &amp; earthy.\r\n\r\n5.Kalamkari uses natural dyes which do not carry a brighter look like the artificial dyes and the natural ones might fade a little over a period of time without losing their hand-painted elegance.","productImages":[{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995132683-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Ff.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995098089-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995068609-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995223360-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995168671-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""}],"aggregateRating":{"ratingValue":0,"reviewCount":0,"reviewUrl":"https://dioramadesigns.in/product/diorama-designs-kalamkari-silk-dupatta/"},"yoast_head":null,"yoast_head_json":null}]}

In this era, new techniques are introduced and the digital files of Kalamkari have been introduced widely over the regions of India. {"items":[{"productId":"wc-3557","productUrl":"https://dioramadesigns.in/product/diorama-designs-kalamkari-silk-dupatta/","productTitle":"Diorama Designs Kalamkari Silk Dupatta","productBrand":"","productPrice":5500,"productPriceCurrency":"INR","productDetails":"Kalamkari is a popular and one of the oldest hand-printed textile artwork from South India. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari, which is an ancient style of hand painting done on cotton or silk fabric with a tamarind pen. It is amazing that a 3000-year-old craft of pen Kalamkari still survives, unaltered and majestic in its very simplicity.\r\n\r\nKalamkari was first used to portray scenes from sacred texts such as the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Bhagavatam. These paintings were often used as decorative backdrops in temples, depicting the stories of deities. Today, these subjects are still common in Kalamkari, as well as other spiritual and ancient symbols.\r\n\r\n1.This product has been woven by hand and may have slight irregularities that are a natural outcome of the human involvement in the process.\r\n\r\n2.Screen and digital printed ones look perfect whereas authentic hand-painted Kalamkari has irregularities and minor stains as they are being hand-painted by artisans. It is the irregularity and imperfection that add more beauty to authentic Kalamkari.\r\n\r\n3.The smell of milk is the other prominent factor as it is involved in the process of making Kalamkari sarees, dupattas &amp; fabrics.\r\n\r\n4. As the fabrics are being washed multiple times during the process, they are rustic, raw &amp; earthy.\r\n\r\n5.Kalamkari uses natural dyes which do not carry a brighter look like the artificial dyes and the natural ones might fade a little over a period of time without losing their hand-painted elegance.","productImages":[{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995132683-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Ff.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995098089-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995068609-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995223360-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""},{"url":"https://dioramadesigns.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1644995168671-01Resize.jpeg","alt":""}],"aggregateRating":{"ratingValue":0,"reviewCount":0,"reviewUrl":"https://dioramadesigns.in/product/diorama-designs-kalamkari-silk-dupatta/"},"yoast_head":null,"yoast_head_json":null}]}