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'''Qalamkari''' or '''Kalamkari''' is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton [[textile]], produced in various places in [[India]]. The word derives from the Persian words ''qalam'' (pen) and ''kari'' (workmanship). There are two distinctive styles of kalamkari art in India - one, the ''''[[Srikalahasti]]'''' style and the other, the Machalipatnam style of art. The Srikalahasti style of Kalamkari, wherein the "kalam" or pen is used for free hand drawing of the subject, and filling in the colours is entirely hand worked. This style flowered around temples and their patronage, and so had an almost religious identity - scrolls, temple hangings, chariot banners and the like depicted deities and scenes taken from great epics - Ramayana. Mahabarata, Puranas and mythological classics. This style owes its present status to Smt. Kamaladevi Chattopadhayay who popularised the art as the first Chairperson of All India Handicrafts Board. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari and involves seventeen painstaking steps. The Jonnalgadda family of Srikalahasti is the torch bearer of carrying this art form through out the world. The J.J School of Art, Bombay is one such beneficiary. They are presently experimenting this art form on Silk Ikat ie., tie and dye textiles popular in Pochampalli, Andhra Pradesh.

I tagged this for [[wikipedia:proposed deletion|proposed deletion]] on 17th, on the grounds that it's an unsourced orphan living bio. On 22nd an admin browsing the category of ripe prods decided to remove the tag because "There is some claim to notability in the article (writing for ESPN. The Magazine)". Well obvious, I didn't tag it for speedy, but anyway here we are. My proposal is that we either spend the next five days sourcing this article, or delete it. --[[User talk:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway]] 23:47, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

:'''Keep''' as a stub, with this source [http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=wickersham_seth&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fespn%2fblog%2findex%3fname%3dwickersham_seth]. He not only writes for ESPN, but has written for The Sporting News and was an intern at the Washington Post.--[[User:Sethacus|Sethacus]] 02:01, 23 July 2007 (UTC)(formerly Ispy1981)

The production process is long and laborious, using vegetable [[dye]]s and [[mordant]]s.

* '''Delete''' not notable per nominator. He appears to be "just a journalist", and the who he writes for does not amount to much of a notability claim. You would expect to see his name of by-lines, but I do not believe it fulfills [[WP:BIO]]. If you remove espn.go.com, he scores [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22seth wickersham%22 -espn.go.com -wikipedia&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=DZq&start=130&sa=N 123 unique GHits] [[User:Ohconfucius|Ohconfucius]] 05:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC) [[User:Ohconfucius|Ohconfucius]] 05:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Today, qalamkari is also produced in [[Iran]].

==See also==

*[[Thangka]]

[[Category:Textile arts]]

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[[fr:Kalamkari]]