Article: Kalamkari and Traditional Design Heritage of India.(Book review)

Kalamkari and Traditional Design Heritage of India by Shakuntala Ramani. Wisdom Tree, New Delhi, 2007. 120 pages, 110 illustrations including 4 black-and-white sketches.

Shakuntala Ramani is currently Chairperson of the Kalakshetra Craft Foundation in Chennai and has for over 30 years been researching the topic of Kalamkari. She was instrumental in establishing a Kalamkari unit at Kalakshetra in 1979, aimed at revival and promotion of the craft. It is to her credit that she has been involved with both research into the Kalamkari tradition and its application with new-found meaning in the face of modernization. Her long years of research have brought an amazing ...

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