KALAMKARI PAINTINGS

Kalamkari Painting From the 17th century in Andhra Pradesh to stretched canvases in modern homes, Kalamkari is a time-honored and widely beloved form of traditional Indian Art. Deriving its name from the word ‘kalam,’ which means pen, ‘Kalamkari’ refers to a particular, intricate style of hand-painting onto cloth and is noted for its beautiful earthy tones. Kalamkari colours are made mostly from vegetable dyes. Art forms like Kalamkari have started gaining more and more popularity in recent times because of their no-chemical process of creating printed textiles.