Kalamkari Peacock Serving Tray – Hand-painted Wooden Indian devotional frame has long carried a reputation

has long carried a reputation as a messenger of love

How do I clean and care for a hand-painted wood clock

and a familiar presence in the courtly and folk paintings of Bihar and beyond

The longer dangle format and bright yellow palette make it well suited to festive wear

This unique folk art jewelry piece showcases Ganesha in 3 different poses

Kalamkari Peacock Serving Tray – Hand-painted Wooden Indian devotional frame has long carried a reputationKalam means pen, and kari means work, and together they name one of Andhra Pradesh's oldest storytelling arts, once used to illustrate temple scrolls with a fine bamboo or date palm pen dipped in natural dyes. The peacock has long held a place of honour in that visual language, linked to Kartikeya's celestial mount and to the first rains of monsoon. Our artists hand paint that same peacock, onto solid mango wood, drawing on Kalamkari's characteristic