Wednesday 29 July 2015

Mamta Reddy, The Reviver Of Kalamkari

If you worship hand-painted Kalamkari on hand-woven fabrics, your search ends at Mamta Reddy! With all due respect, I idolize Gaurang and Sashikant Naidu. But, Mamta Reddy is the driving force behind these haute couturiers!


The intricacy involved makes her spin off a "one time investment" in a work of art. No matter where what is depicted how, the end result is a collector's piece! Kalamkari art is very distinctive in its own right, but Mamta Reddy beautified it further with her signature style.


Other than outright Kalamkari, she fused Kalamkari with Ikat and Chikankari to make it more appealing and exotic. What an aesthetic sense! She has infused tradition the contemporary way. In this era of catalogued drapes, it's such a sight to sore eyes!


Her work has been lauded by couturiers Sashikant Naidu, Neeta Lulla, Sabyasachi Mukherji, Rohit Bal and the like. All Gaurang stand-alone stores are adorned with her art, heavily! Not to mention the celebrities from all possible fraternities who promote her work! Probably the list gets longer every season! Thanks to Mamta Reddy, there is no death to art as long as it is loved this way!


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