Sunflower Bundle Kalamkari Cotton Bandana

The printing is done using wooden blocks chiselled from teak wood by master craftsmen. This complex and highly skilled art of printing fabric is practiced by certain families in Andhra Pradesh, India. Pomegranate peel, iron scrap, turmeric, Jaggrey, salt etc are used to make the vegetable dyes. The cloth is soaked in Myrabalam Juice before printing. After printing each color the fabric is boiled using leaves, flowers and barks and sundried to resume printing. The printed fabric is finally washed in the flowing waters of river Krishna. The flow of the water determines the brightness of the colors. Disclaimer: The actual product color may vary slightly due to photographic lighting sources. Hand block printing requires experience, hard work, talent and accuracy; and yet small imperfections are bound to occur when printing is done by hand rather than machine.