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 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 ...

Woodblock printing is a quintessential example of art transcending history and border throughout the South Asian subcontinent. It originated in China, and remained to be the most non-communal method ...

KARACHI: It was a slow day at work for Amjad Ahmed. But then, almost every day had been so for the past few years. Ahmed, who runs a block printing shop in North Karachi, has been working since the ...

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. Brigitte Singh says she believes that ...

Intricately-carved blocks of wood are works of art in their own right. The technique of block-printing combines the skill of two artists — the carver and the printer. And when they come together, they ...

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 ...