Paintings : Kalamkari Paintings of Andhra Pradesh

hi chitti,

I got this saree from mamta reddy .

prabha

 

http://www.craftrevival.org/AHTML/AR-Kalamkari.htm

see this site for beautiful kalamkari work

prabha

 

thanks fr sharing the wonderful article..

 

Does anyone knows about where we can learn this type of art. I am extremely excited to see such a beautiful work on the saree by Prabha bala.

Hi Prabha,

Hats off to you!!!!!!

 

thanks for sharing

 

very good info.....thanks for sharing

 

hey all... this is Gopinath from cbe, i would like to get these kalamkari patches.. well, i know the palce in Ap.. what price do i give to get these.. is there anyone special in AP. Pls let me know!

Thank u
Gopi

 

Re:Kalam kari patch work sarees done

Hello,

This is Gopi, this is very interesting to know there are many serious fans for Kalam kari sarees. Gud!!

Thank you

Gopinath

 

thanks sankari

prabha

 

Kalamkari - Sree Lakshmi and Maha Vishnu

Kalamkari or Qalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, produced in parts of India. The word is derived from the Persian words kalam (pen) and kari (craftmanship), meaning drawing with a pen. The craft made at Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, evolved with patronage of the Mughals and the Golconda sultanat.
There are two distinctive styles of kalamkari art in India - one, the ‘Srikalahasti’ style and the other, the Machalipatnam style of art. The Srikalahasti style of Kalamkari, wherein the “kalam” or pen is used for free hand drawing of the subject, and filling in the colours 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 great epics - Ramayana. Mahabarata, Puranas and mythological classics. This style owes its present status to Smt. Kamaladevi Chattopadhayay who popularised the art as the first Chairperson of All India Handicrafts Board. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari, and involves seventeen painstaking steps.