Indigo is one of the most natural dyes and is obtained from a plant. Natural Indigo dye is a blue to dark green color and can be either liquid or solid. It has a deep hue and is used to create rich hues in cloth, paper, textiles and natural makeups. Some cultures use Indigo for…
What is Bagh? Let us give you a brief introduction to India’s oldest block printing method – Bagh. Bagh is a unique style of block printing on handloom fabrics. The name ‘Bagh’ is because it’s origin in the current form is from a village by that name in Madhya Pradesh, India. How did Bagh originate? An art…
What is Dabu? The word Dabu, derived from the word ‘Dabaana’ meaning press, is a block printing technique of using mud as a resist, to create patterns on indigo dyed fabric. With its main centers in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, this craft flourishes in areas that naturally has sticky clay like soil. Traditionally these…
Moving ahead in our series of Block printing, we have one of the most popular forms of painting the fabric which is very common in the Kutch region of Gujarat – Ajrak. It is basically a technique of block-printing textiles in which artists use natural dyes, including indigo and madder. It is distinguished by its color-…
In our last blog for Block printing, we have come to terms with what exactly is this technique about. We have also studied its history and Importance. Now here we will cover up this practice as an important souvenir from Jaipur – the city of Royals. In a small corner of north India, generation after generation of families are…
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