Hand Block Printed Kalamkari Fabric
Kalamkari is an art of printing and paintings on fabric color used derived from plants roots and vegetables,
In middle ages, the term is also used to refer, incorrectly, to the making of any hand block printed kalamkari cotton fabric patterned through the medium of vegetable dyes by free-hand painting and block-printing, produced in many different regions of India.
Vastrakala In places where the fabric is block printed the kalam (pen) is used to draw finer details and for application of some colors. First, it was introduced in blue color.
Vastrakala In places where the fabric is block printed the kalam (pen) is used to draw finer details and for application of some colors. First, it was introduced in blue color.
Hand Block Printed Kalamkari Fabric Process
In ancient times, groups of singers, musicians, and painters, called craftsmen, moved from village to village to tell the village dwellers, the great stories of Hindu mythology.
They illustrated their accounts using large bolts of canvas painted on the spot with simple means and dyes extracted from plants.
In the same way, one found in the Hindu temples large panels of Vastrakala hand block printed kalamkari fabrics. depicting the episodes of Hindu mythology and iconography, similar to Buddhist Thangka paintings.
They illustrated their accounts using large bolts of canvas painted on the spot with simple means and dyes extracted from plants.
In the same way, one found in the Hindu temples large panels of Vastrakala hand block printed kalamkari fabrics. depicting the episodes of Hindu mythology and iconography, similar to Buddhist Thangka paintings.
Kalamkari Fabrics
Dyes for the cloth are obtained by extracting colors from various roots, leaves, and mineral salts of iron, tin, copper, and alum. hand block printed kalamkari fabrics Various effects are obtained by using cow dung, seeds, plants, and crushed flowers to obtain natural dye.
Along with buffalo milk, myrobalan is used in kalamkari. Myrobalan is also able to remove the odd smell of buffalo milk.
The fixing agents available in the myrobolan can easily fix the dye or color of the textile while treating the hand block printed Vastrakala kalamkari fabrics. Vastrakala Alum is used in making natural dyes and also while treating the fabric. Alum ensures the stability of the color in kalamkari fabric.
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