Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, wherein motifs are inspired from the folklore and are hand painted using the tool of kalam directly onto the fabric. The process involves washing, rinsing, soaking and bleaching the fabric and applying mordants and dyes using natural substances like indigo (blue), madder (red), mango bark (yellow) and palm sugar (black). Painting on the fabric is done with a kalam, charcoal and myrobalan paste.

Design:

• Region: Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
• Beige and black printed dupatta
• Kalamkari Block printed dupatta
• Ethnic motifs all over
• Has a solid border
• Kalamkari Hand Block print legacy

Disclaimer:

• This is a handcrafted dupatta, and is prone to colour bleeding due to use of natural dyes
• The print on the garment might be unevenly owning to the handcrafted nature of the product, adding essence to the garment.

Multicoloured printed dupatta, has bandhani technique, patchwork, taping border

Look your traditional best with this utmost graceful and sophisticated Saree mall Red Art Silk Geometric Dupatta All accessories shown in the image are for photography purpose.(Slight variation in color is possible)

Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, wherein motifs are inspired from the folklore and are hand painted using the tool of kalam directly onto the fabric. The process involves washing, rinsing, soaking and bleaching the fabric and applying mordants and dyes using natural substances like indigo (blue), madder (red), mango bark (yellow) and palm sugar (black). Painting on the fabric is done with a kalam, charcoal and myrobalan paste.

Design:

• Region: Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
• Beige and Maroon printed dupatta
• Kalamkari Block printed dupatta
• Ethnic motifs all over
• Has a solid border
• Kalamkari Hand Block print legacy

Disclaimer:

• This is a handcrafted dupatta, and is prone to colour bleeding due to use of natural dyes
• The print on the garment might be unevenly owning to the handcrafted nature of the product, adding essence to the garment.

Beige dupatta, has tassels along both the ends

Pink and golden woven design Banarasi dupatta, has fringed border

Off-white and gold-toned embroidered dupatta, chikankari, and has a solid border

Peach-Coloured and Gold-toned solid Dupatta and has a taping border

Pink woven design dupatta and has a taping border

Special Technique/Craft:
Bagru is a hand-block printing technique using natural dyes followed by the Chippa Community of Rajasthan. This art of mud resist hand block printing represents a mix of ethnic and nature inspired designs ranging from bootis and leaves of fruits.

Design:

• Region: Madhya Pradesh
• Beige, rust red and black dupatta
• Bagru hand block print dupatta, has solid border
• Craft: Bagru hand block print

Disclaimer:

• This is a handcrafted dupatta, and is prone to colour bleeding due to use of natural dyes
• The print on the garment might be uneven owning to the handcrafted nature of the product, adding essence to the garment.

Special Technique/Craft:
Block printing is a process of using wooden blocks to create impressions on a cloth. The main tools of the printer are wooden blocks in different shapes – square, rectangle, oval, round and semi-circular or crescent – and sizes called bunta. Blocks are hand-carved of seasoned teak wood by trained craftsmen. The blocks for imprinting are hand-carved by skilled artisans in wood. These hand-carved blocks are used to imprint the design onto the fabric. The imprinting is done by hand by a skilled block printer.

Design:

• Region: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
• Black and grey
• Block print dupatta, has printed border
• Block print legacy

Disclaimer:

• This is a handcrafted dupatta, and is prone to colour bleeding due to use of natural dyes
• The print on the garment might be unevenly owning to the handcrafted nature of the product, adding essence to the garment.

Multicoloured striped dupatta, has zari woven border, tassels along the ends

Green and Mustard yellow printed Dupatta, has block print technique, and has a taping border

Pink and white printed dupatta, has bandhani technique, gotta patti, embellished border

Red and Golden woven design Dupatta and has tasselled border

Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, wherein motifs are inspired from the folklore and are hand painted using the tool of kalam directly onto the fabric. The process involves washing, rinsing, soaking and bleaching the fabric and applying mordants and dyes using natural substances like indigo (blue), madder (red), mango bark (yellow) and palm sugar (black). Painting on the fabric is done with a kalam, charcoal and myrobalan paste.

Design:

• Region: Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
• Beige, red and navy blue printed dupatta
• Block printed dupatta
• Floral print all over
• Has a solid border
• Kalamkari Hand Block print legacy

Disclaimer:

• This is a handcrafted dupatta, and is prone to colour bleeding due to use of natural dyes
• The print on the garment might be unevenly owning to the handcrafted nature of the product, adding essence to the garment.