Joy of Kalamkari Printing- Process in pictures

I just had a trip to Andhra Pradesh. Watching Kalamkari printing was a fascinating experience. Here is a glimpse of Kalamkari process in pictures.

Diluted Ferrous Solution is Used to Get Teal color

Indigo or Ratanjyot is used to Get Blue Color

Alizarin Paste is Used to Get Pink Color

Flower is used to get this Gold Yellow Color

Conc. Ferrous solution is used to get this black color

Alum Gad is Boiled with Anar Chilka to Get Beige Background

Alum Gad is boiled with Alizarin to get Red background

Iron Solution Gad is boiled with Alizarin to get the black background

To have a more structured process knowledge, please read this document.

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Goyal, P. Joy of Kalamkari Printing- Process in pictures. My Textile Notes. Available at: https://mytextilenotes.blogspot.com/2011/02/joy-of-kalamkari-printing-process-in.html?m=0

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