K A L A M K A R I - an artform from Andhra Pradesh. It basically refers to paintings done by hand. Kalam as the word itself means "Pen" and Kari means a kind of craft. In ancient days, the art was practiced to decorate temples and likewise the inspiration came from mythology and ancient texts. The designs comprises of Gods, demons, women, men, flowers, animals and so on. The colours used in Kalamkari are exquisite earthy tones of reds, blues, greens, yellows and browns. The fabrics are washed multiple times during the entire process of painting and hence they become soft and earthy.
We at Swades Creations only have the ones done in natural organic dyes and not the chemical colours - hence the fabrics would appear earthy and rustic.
Some of the colours and dyes used are:
1. Jaggery with Rusted iron filings and water gives black outlines for the fabric.
3. Natural Indigo produces Blue.
4. Golden yellow comes from pomegranate peels
5. Alum mixed with water gives out Grey.
Cow milk is an important component in the entire process. It is used to highlight any colour. Infact one of the ways to identify authentic Kalamkari is smell of cow milk that comes from the fabric. Also the handpainted ones will always have some irregularities as compared to the printed ones and these imperfections are the real beauty that comes with each piece.
Excellent Collection. Promoting Indian hand woven art to urban people. Wide variety from across India.
We visited swades at Bhatia Wadi exhibition, loved the collection of dress material and sarees, fantastic colour and weaving, very Classy. We bought a dress material. Will come back for more
Swades creations have a lot of beautiful collection of sarees and I am very pleased with the quality of the sarees. All the sarees are beautiful and elegant. Parul is a wonderful person. I bought multiple sarees from her, I loved all of them. She personally tracks the parcel after being dispatched, and makes sure I receive the parcel. I would highly recommend Swades Creations.
Excellent customer service and a wide variety of handloom sarees!!
Seeing my Mom & MIL wear Tussars, I always felt Tussar was for 60 plus and that I had a long way to go, but this particular saree made me change my mind. When Parul shared the picture with me casually, I liked the colour and the print as it was very unusual but never thought I would get it for myself. I then went on and bought it for my MIL. However when I received it, tables reversed, my MIL gifted it to me for my birthday and I was thankful she did! As I wore it on my special day “Wolah!!! I fell in love with it even more and with myself:) all over again!!!”. The icing on the cake was the blouse that Parul handpicked and in my opinion it truly added to the oomph!!!! Thank you Parul for this amazing ensemble. May Swades Creations have more such creations that we can mindlessly invest in and treasure for life :)
Just received this beautiful kurta dupatta set. It was exquisite, exactly of my taste. What amazed me was the wonderful and elegant packaging. Quite impressive...keep it up. Highly recommend. Thank you for the service
Ordered two sarees. Awesome collections.Quick delivery
I am a patron of Swadesh creations. Each piece is handpicked and delectable. A must try for the first time shoppers - sarees, suits , stoles .. You name it and you get the best here. Thank you Parul for such an amazing collection. Cheers to our friendship of 15 plus years.
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Excellent stuff…lovely collection…loved each style.
