BY Admin
Exceptionally an amazing eco-friendly style of textile printing, Block Printing in Jaipur is the most famous textile art of printing by using wooden blocks. It uses many traditional methods of fabric weaving, dyeing, and even printing are perfect examples of sustainable practices. Hand Block Printing is one such textile printing technique that is getting its fame throughout the world.
The method -
A systematic method of printing textiles involves a detailed step-by-step procedure. In textile printing, the fabric is printed using natural colors using blocks that are made from wood, linoleum, or rubber, although the traditional method also includes good quality wood. Talented artisans hand-carve the designs to be printed into blocks of wood. Depending on the choice of your preferred style of hand block carving, each woodblock takes hours to carve the wood perfectly.
Once the carving is done, the sober piece of fabric is used to place on the table, and stick with pins to make it stay stable. Later the sophisticated process of printing fabric takes place and prints different designs on the fabric using natural and bright colors. Once done and dried, the fabric is then washed and dry under the sun.
The specialty that sets apart -
In the decade of machinery, creating a beautiful design on fabric that too by hand means a lot. These are produced with due care and require a good skillful approach. Though, hand block fabrics have another special quality that few other designs can replicate. The technique of printing has evolved over centuries, but most of the original methods remain intact.
When it comes to hand block printed fabric, you will see how intricate the work is while experiencing it closely on Block Printing Workshop Jaipur. Learn the artistic talent of printing textiles from the artists themselves. They make use of natural colors of vegetables and fruits. It is a celebration of ecological integrity, plants, nature, and people are closely involved in each step. The designs imprint on the fabric usually includes the design of plants, animals, and human culture. Thus, hand block printing is completely an environmentally friendly process of dyeing fabric in different designs.
Block Printing in Rajasthan has been in practice since the 5th century and art has been evolved for years. If you are someone interested in learning more about this art, choosing a workshop tour is the best way to have a closer experience of it. So, book your Block Printing tour in Jaipur and encourage the fine art of textile printing.