Another post on block-print? Well, I am so taken by these beautiful
Indian Kalamkari inspired designs by
Mary Mulcahy, the one behind
Les Indiennes.
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I am sure many of you are aware of the amazing line of products by
Les Indiennes, but what I really liked is use of just one or two colours, using
Kalamkari technique which traditionally uses multiple colours.
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Kalamkari is an ancient Indian Art which involves dyeing of sun-bleached cotton fabrics with natural dyes and then hand-block printing with carved wooden blocks.
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Les Indiennes has products in various materials like fabric, paper & felt.
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You can view & buy their
products online and get inspired by these dreamy images in their
Inspirational Flip Book.
This is so soothing, so summery, so cool and so inspiring:-)
(images from Les Indiennes.com)