Kalamari Scarf and adapted across generations

and adapted across generations

revealing a life well lived

This textile was used as a mattress cover

making it resistant to the weight and friction of repeated grain storage

Kalamari Scarf and adapted across generationsCut from a mid to late 1800s Indian Kalamkari wall hanging. The art of Kalamkari, which translates to pen work, is a centuries old tradition of hand block printing and freehand painting on fabric. Created using intricately hand carved wooden blocks. The base is an unbleached cotton. Its floral borders and intricate central motifsoften animals or botanicalsspeak to the Indian artistic tradition of storytelling through textiles and an echo of 18th