Junior Science Refresher

Junior Science Refresher

Junior Science Refresher this is science magazine in india published this article page no 4 Making a Kalamkari Kalamkari or vrathapani from Andhra Pradesh demonstrates the variety of natural materials used to create a work of art. Kalamkari means pen work in Persian and refers to both printed and painted cloth. In the seventeenth century Persian influences led to artists experimenting with the depiction of trees fruits flowers and ornamental birds. Using a Kalam to Paint The painting is made exclusively with a pen the kalam made out of a bamboo sliver wound at one section with wool and then dyed with natural colours. Black ink is used to make outlines and jaggery rusted iron filings and water are used for making colours to fill in details. Painted Stories The art of painting stories on cloth is located in Sri Kalahasti a town in Andhra Pradesh. Originally large paintings on cloth served as pictorial renderings of the great epics the Ramayana and the Mahabharata for temples. Paintings were also made to illustrate spiritual poems of eminent writers junior science refresher magazine buy.

Junior Science Refresher