439 Mata Ni Pachedi Kalamkari Art Painting

Red Mata Ni Pachedi - a textile used by the Vaghri people in Gujarat.

These were used at community gatherings and the size of the original pieces is usually large so as to be viewable by many.

In the recent times, small artworks are being produced for personal use and as artworks.

This is a recently produced artworks with great attention to detail and precision dyeing.

The figures can be created either by hand painting or block printing.

This piece made by Sanjay Chitara, has both, kalamkari or hand drawing as well as block printed motifs. The work of this artist was exhibited at Mumbai International Airport Museum in 2015.

The red dye used in this artwork is amazing!

Found in this kalamkari are Ram, Laxman, Hanuman, Siddhi Vinayak, Shravan and Vishnu among others.

26 x 32 inches

Made before 2005

 Mataji ni pachedi

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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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