Abstract
Indian craft practices are inherited through family traditions and nurtured with reverence transforming them as traditions. The Indian Kalamkari/ Vraathapani is well recognized in the textile circle for its use of natural dyes rendered through painting with an indigenous tool, ‘Kalam’(pen), or ‘Vraata’ (writing) and ‘pani’ (work) in Telugu, the local language. A product that was crafted for propagating Hindu mythology the Kalamkari/ Vraatapani pieces depicted elaborate folk style story translations of imaginative forms of Gods and Goddesses as described in the mythological literature. These visually extravagant portrayals have influenced the textile trade markets in the 17th - 18th centuries leading to creation of a new league of textiles built upon the indigenous technique but different in expression. The craft since then optimistically progressed into new frontiers with certain amendments in form and format that are perceived as features of resilience in its journey towards transformation as an Indian cultural textile.
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Malini Divakala, National Institute of Fashion Technology, India
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Conference: IICAH2024
Stream: Arts - Visual Arts Practices
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Divakala M. (2024) The Indian Kalamkari (Vraathapani): A Case of Optimism, Resilience and Transformation in Cultural Textiles ISSN: 2432-4604 – The IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities – Hawaii 2024 Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2432-4604.2024.11
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2432-4604.2024.11
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