Hand Block Tradition · 14th Century Vijaynagar Court Tradition
Kalamkari
Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh
Kalam, a pen. Kari, craft. The line is drawn rather than stamped — a bamboo stylus bound with cloth, fed slowly with fermented iron and jaggery. Twenty-three separate steps, most of them washing in the Swarnamukhi river, before a single colour is permanently fixed into the organic cotton fibre.
- Technique
- Drawn by hand with a bamboo kalam
- Natural Dyes
- Madder · Indigo · Myrobalan · Fermented Iron
- Weight & Drape
- 120 GSM (Lightweight Cambric)
- Yarn Specification
- 60s x 60s Organic Cotton
- Standard Width
- 44 inches (112 cm)
- Master Clusters
- Srikalahasti River Basin, Pedana
Direct from the Table & Loom
Kalamkari Available Yardage
Cut to length in increments of 0.5m · Minimum cut 2.0m
Tree of Life & Lotus Vignette
Plain Weave Handloom · Alum Madder & Fermented Iron Kasim · IC-KLM-401
₹1,450/m
Width44 in / 112 cm
Weight120 GSM
Count60s Fine Kora Cotton
In stock · Min cut 2.5mSelect Length
Peacock Foliage & Wild Creeper
Crisp Cotton Handloom · Indigo Vat & Turmeric Ochre · IC-KLM-402
₹1,600/m
Width44 in / 112 cm
Weight115 GSM
Count60s x 60s Cambric
In stock · Min cut 2mSelect Length
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