Pedana Kalamkari Block Print Saree Red & Green

An earthy brick red saree shot with mehendi green hand block printed with Pedana Kalamkari florals warm festive and easy to wear The red body carries block printed Kalamkari creepers and buti in natural madder iron black and indigo with a mehendi green pallu and a contrast border edged in imitation powder zari 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