AThere are some places in India where hand
painting on sarees is done, Kalamkari in Andhra Pradesh, Hand painted tribal
art of Chattisgarh and other locations to name a couple. Pen Batik is a more
universal practice but is also well appreciated.Kalamkari, meaning craftsmanship through the use
of a pen, is an ethnic art involving hand-painting or block printing on Sarees.
Two styles namely – the Machilipatnam style and the Srikalahasti style are still prevalent in Andhra Pradesh,
in places by these names. Kalamkari painting is an arduous process of dyeing
and hand printing.
Several stages of washing
and treatment to the fabric prior to the painting and after it, is undergone
before the final product is ready. Srikalahasti Style, was influenced by Hindu
scriptures and mythology. It mostly has subjects of Gods, temple hangings, epic
scenes and other religious themes, in its ‘Kalamkari’. Certain marked features
of this style are simplicity, good use of colour with some colours given
prominence, sharpness in the depictions, and the use of motifs. The
Machilipatnam style having Islamic influence uses more of flora and fauna as
themes in its work. Natural dyes are employed for colours, in Kalamkari, with
cotton, silk, crepe, georgette being the usual fabrics as canvas for this art. Motifs
with trees, creepers, flowers, leaves, birds are popular.
The
hand painting tribal ethnic art of Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Bengal and Orissa
demonstrates the fine craft executed with finesse. The tribal artisans paint
patterns, motifs, scenes from the epics, tribal dancing, wedding scenes,
ordinary village life, animals, birds, floral designs and other subjects and
themes on fabrics like pure silk, cotton and sico. They transfer themes onto
fabrics using locally available materials, vegetable and organic dyes. They
make use of elementary methods of drawing and tracing on the fabric and then
painting on them.
The beauty of such art lies in the
craftsmanship in fine detailing, right colour combinations, and extraordinarily
neat finish that speaks volumes about their unique skills. Batik
is a process using ‘resists’ for making designs on a fabric. The resist or
physical block prevents desired areas on the fabric from being penetrated by
dye. Generally wax is used as a resist in Batik. The rarer type of Batik is Pen
Batik. Fine designs are made on the fabric using ‘Tjanting’ tools. Molten Wax
at a certain temperature is carefully put on the design lines with a Batik
dropper pen. The fabric is then dyed in
a small tub of prepared colour dye. A lot of care has to be taken since too
thin a layer of wax could give way to colour dye through the surface cracks.
Temperature of the wax is normally kept
between 200 and 230 degrees. A small tub with hot water is generally preferred to
melt away the wax. After the wax has melted away in hot water, a neatly dyed and
designed fabric is available.
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