These days, if you see a piece of clothing, upholstery or drapery fabric with a pattern, chances are it was made by using a loom or printer. As early as the 14th century, people living in India and ...

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 ...

The process of printing patterns with engraved wooden blocks is known as block printing. The process of printing patterns with engraved wooden blocks is known a Love that new block print kurta that’s ...

In Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad district, textile printing is shaped by a long-standing craft tradition where the tools of the trade are as important as the fabric itself. The district is widely known ...

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 ...

The master weaver stands up and starts to sing. His voice echoes around the carpet warehouse, a high warble pure and true, making the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and goosebumps ripple along ...