Devi – Hand-painted Kalamkari Wooden Wall Plate festive home decor coasters practised by the Nakashi community

practised by the Nakashi community for roughly four centuries

and motifs by roadside artists as a matter of pride and superstition

Material: Hand-painted artwork on medium-density engineered wood

dense linework the tradition is known for

they're designed as a male and female pair

Devi – Hand-painted Kalamkari Wooden Wall Plate festive home decor coasters practised by the Nakashi communityA goddess in profile, rendered in the fine, flowing linework of Kalamkari an art form whose name literally means "pen work," historically drawn with a bamboo pen and natural dyes onto cloth and, here, translated onto wood. Set against a deep forest green background and ringed by a delicate border of hand painted leaves, this plate favours pure line and restrained colour over the dense ornamentation of more maximalist Indian folk styles. Kalamkari