The Block Printed Machilipatnam Kalamkari products are handcrafted to perfection by skilled artisans who are endowed with critical skills in an intricate design, having decades of experience behind them in their respective fields.
The Machilipatnam Kalamkari craft is utilized widely for wall decorative, upholstery, mats, carpets, table and bed linens, men and women wear and accessories like scarfs, bags, stoles and much more.
SPECIFICATIONS
a. Made of natural fiber for e.g, cotton or silk or a mixture of both.
b. Dyed / Printed with Natural (vegetable) colors obtained from different parts of Plants.
c. Use of Natural Mordants.
d. Hand-block Printed.
NAME OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION
“Machilipatnam Kalamkari” visually identified by the all-over floral twine / Persian designs which are block printed and produced in traditional laborious methods using natural vegetable dyes.
PROOF OF ORIGIN
Machilipatnam, also known as Masulipatnam or Bandar, is the administrative headquarters of Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, India. The name Machilipatnam derived owing to the construction of a gate to the town, decorated with the eyes of a fish (machli). Telgas who form the lower middle class inhabited Masulipatnam town in good numbers and they had taken up to this industry. Under the Golconda rulers, the industry received a further filling with a contact of the Persians. Masulipatnam was an important commercial port of the Golconda kingdom. Still later, the commercial interests of the foreigners as the French, British, and the Dutch came to be centered in Masulipatnam. All these gave a boom to the famous Kalamkari industry of Masulipatnam. It is said that the localities of Rustambada, Nizampet, Balaramunipet of Masulipatnam town were occupied entirely by the hundreds of families engaged in Kalamkari. It is claimed that the first automobile in the town was owned by one of the families engaged in the Kalamkari industry.
METHOD OF PRODUCTION
The Process of Production of Machilipatnam Kalamkari includes three steps.
– Block making
– Preparation of Dye / Print paste
– Kalamkari – Block Printing on fabric
UNIQUENESS
The Kalamkari hand-block printing practiced in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh is unique and has its own distinct style, not found in the other types of Kalamkari work.
1. Hand Block Printing using traditional preparations of raw material, tools, and implements.
2. Traditional methods, which entail the processes such as Bleaching, washing, and boiling, each of which involves meticulous and precise work.
3. Special skills in the visualization of the design.
4. Use of natural fibers and vegetable dyes extracted from barks, flowers, leaves, seeds, fruits, and roots.
5. Perfect harmony and distribution of colors used in the designs.
6. Major Adoption of the colors Black, Red, Blue, Yellow and Green and other colors out of combinations of the same.
7. Intricate and delicate overall Persian twine motifs.
8. The peculiar richness in the water of Machilinatnam which is said to account for the brilliance of colors.
Colors of Kalamkari (Local Names)
‘Kasim’ – Black dye
‘Light Kasim’ – Grey dye
‘Kharam’ – Red dye
‘ Haldi’ – Yellow dye
‘Gabbu’ – Dark Brown dye
‘Neelam’ – Blue dye
‘Rattan Jyoth’ – Sky Blue dye
‘Ek Aram’ – Dark Pink dye
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