Block printing in the subcontinent originally has its roots in the Indus Valley civilisation, where the famous Sindhi ajrak was also handcrafted and dyed. While the essence of this technique is over ...
Kolkata's weekends are embracing hands-on creativity with a surge in block printing workshops. Participants are discovering a ...
A bachelor’s in graphic design comes in handy with the historic art of letterpress and block printing. Dani Renwick, a local artist from Cadillac, is a graphic designer who gravitated towards block ...
While working on her doctorate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC Davis, Megna Hari spends her free time creating block printed cards inspired by iconic UC Davis landmarks. “I have always ...
A tiny town known for the exquisite Kalamkari style of textile printing - which earned it a GI tag - may be losing its sheen, thanks to a spurt in the use of modern and chemical methods that threaten ...
Art is all in the details, as one Royal Oak artist is showing. She uses a technique called block printing to create one-of-a-kind, handcrafted patterns. Betsy Stecker, printmaker of Big Mitten ...
In a day and age where most everything we purchase is mass-produced, there’s something magical about the beauty found in the slowness of handmade goods. Block printed textiles are lovely in part ...
A traditional textiles factory in Rajasthan India is bringing the ancient art of block printing back to life and a French-Indian woman is leading the charge. A traditional textiles factory in ...
People around the world are different and yet everywhere they are the same. Just as the Indian methods of block printing from Rajasthan, which were preserved over generations and revived, so too ...
As the world moves away from fast fashion, Block prints feature as a timeless trend that empower handicrafts and culture. Block prints are a timeless trend and favour the ethos of what we call slow ...