Pedana Kalamkari Block Print Saree Beige Motifs

A warm beige saree hand block printed with Kalamkari paisley and floral motifs understated and festive at once The beige ground is block printed in the Pedana Kalamkari tradition with mango buta paisleys and creepers in madder iron black and ochre framed by a printed border and an imitation powder zari edge How to spot genuine Pedana block print Kalamkari Look where the carved teak blocks meet tiny overlaps and registration slips and outlines that do not sit perfectly inside their colour fill screen and digital printed copies are flawlessly aligned The reds blacks and ochres are natural mineral and vegetable dyes madder alum iron ore myrobalan so the colour soaks through and reads on the reverse softening with each wash rather than staying chemically uniform Block printed in Pedana Machilipatnam Krishna district Andhra Pradesh the only region that carries the Kalamkari GI Wear it for festive lunches daytime weddings and celebrations let the printed pallu fall open with oxidised silver jewellery and a contrast blouse