EYARKAI - NATURAL DYE KODALIKARUPPUR BLOCK PRINTS ON TUSSAR BY MULBERRY SILK

LIMITED EDITION - EYARKAI - NATURAL DYE KODALIKARUPPUR BLOCK PRINTS

Know more...
Kodalikaruppur block prints
A labor of love, this project brought together skilled artisans and block printers, to recreate a Kodali Karuppur saree. Months of collaboration resulted in an exquisite piece, block-printed using specially crafted wood blocks based on original designs

The saree was bleached with cow dung paste, hand-blockprinted on the pallu and dyed with rich natural dyes. The color palette featured alum paste for red, a mixture of iron filings, salt water, and jaggery for black, and a combination of both for an earthy maroon.

The motifs echoed the original's nuanced design vocabulary, using geometric and linear patterns, vines, stars, veldarri, and the thazhambu or screw pine flower design.

Base weave - Pure handwoven tussar warp and mulberry silk weft, silk saree
Handblock prints - Authentic natural dyed, mordanted, and handblock printed Kodalikaruppur
Design - parallel row of trees with arched limbs bearing flowers and birds, screwpine on pallu , floral blocks on body 
Core dye used - Manjista/ madder wood
Length - 5.6 mtrs 
No running blouse , as we have used 1/2 mtr for trial and experiments P.s: this is created under the guidance of our mentor who fetched national award in kodalikaruppur block printing 

No mass production, only one at a time can be made