Kalamkari Peacock Panel

A hand-painted cotton textile panel from Andhra Pradesh, created using the Kalamkari technique, which involves using a tamarind pen and natural dyes.

4200.00

36 inches x 24 inches

Cultural Significance

Kalamkari is a GI-tagged ancient Indian art of hand-painting on cotton or silk fabric with a tamarind pen, using only natural dyes. It has two distinctive styles, Srikalahasti and Machilipatnam.

Artisan Spotlight

Srinivas Rao

Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh

"Our family has been practicing Srikalahasti Kalamkari for five generations. It is a meticulous process of freehand drawing and dyeing with natural pigments."