Hand block printing is one such technique, which involves carving a desired pattern or design on a wooden block, covering this block with ink or dye and then stamping it on the fabric. While blocks can be made up of stone; but for better results they are more commonly made from wood.
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Block printing on fabric
If you’re a fabric lover, you may already know that most fabric projects require a certain degree of preparation. Block printing onto fabric does, too, but the process is highly involved. Prior to printing, the cotton takes an immersive bath in a gentle bleaching solution. Next, it passes through a dye vat and between two rollers that squeeze out excess dye.
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Placement plays an important role when it comes to block printing techniques on fabric Printing follows an outside-in orientation: the border is printed before the main design. Before using any of the color blocks, artisans print the outline of the design. The block printer dips the outline block into the dye pad and moves down the length of the table.
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Block Printing History
The block print is a common sight in home design, whether swathing throw pillows, upholstery fabric, or gracing napkins on a tabletop. For all its beauty and popularity, this textile tells a complicated history that spans ages and shows the power of craftsmanship in the face of colonization. Block printing is thought to have its […]
Block Printing Was Used For
Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper. As a method of printing on cloth, the earliest surviving examples from China date to before 220 AD. Woodblock printing existed in Tang China by the 7th century AD and remained the most common East […]
What Make It Special
For a long time, it has been all about speed and using machines to produce printed fabrics en masse. In the midst of this is a product created by hand, using a technique that focuses on precision, skill and time. The painstaking effort that goes into each stage of the block printing process is fully […]