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PAINTINGS

KALAMKARI PAINTINGS




KALAKSHETRA
THE CRAFT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTRE
Kalamkari Block Printing Unit


This Unit was created in April 1978 to revive another old craft namely that of printing textiles using hand-carved wooden blocks and natural dyes. "Kalamkari" literally transalated means pen-craft(kalam-pen; kari-craft).

Destitute and handicapped women from the poorer sections of society were taken for training in this craft.

Considerable experimentation has led to the stabilizing of the vegetable dyes and to the adaptation of the traditional methods used in Machilipatnam to local conditions. Single and double bedsheets, table cloths, napkin sets and other household linen as well as saris, dress materials and lungis were printed in this unit.

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Information provided by Ms.Shakuntala Ramani, Kalakshetra. I met her sometime before 2000.


Indian Heritage's Pinterest Collection of Kalamkari