Bilgrami’s atelier is over four decades old and is a vital channel for skilled artisans to continue their traditional profession of dyeing, weaving, block printing and thread spinning by hand.

Aavaran, a 17-year-old homegrown textile centre in Udaipur ... It is a mud-resist block printing technique that creates designs by printing a resist pattern using blocks. The fabric is dyed ...

Jiang Xun calls them "the reflection of our civilization", an observation that would be on the money even if he were talking about the mobile devices of today that have become so much a part of ...

Block Shop, USA: hand-stitched quilts Hand block printing and vegetable dyes are signature features of the four-year-old label, and arguing about their designs over their morning chai continues to ...

Block-printed fabric drying in Sanganer. Just outside the Old City, Jaipur’s most prominent ... A workshop is a great way to get a feel for the printing process. You’ll work alongside local ...

This walled area is over 300 years old, and the historical heart of Jaipur ... Sanganer has been brought into the folds of the city, but block printing remains at the beating heart of the area ...

monks and artisans in China were drawing on their own rich printing tradition, crafting more than 165,000 wood blocks to create a religious canon far, far longer than the Bible. The extraordinary ...

This training programme will go a long way in preserving the centuries-old tradition of block printing in Pakistan, which has a linkage with the ancient civilizations of Mohenjodaro and Harappa.” ...

By incorporating Krishna’s geometric prints, we’ve created a dynamic energy, but it’s grounded in the age-old craft of hand block printing, which makes it feel familiar and timeless.” ...