BY Admin
Block Printing is the ancient textile art which has turned out to be a renowned printing art of India. People in metropolitan cities of India like to wear clothes with embellished block print designs available in different styles in varied corners of this country. Impressive designs for stunning apparels and furnishings are designed to create its increased demand all over the world. The different types of Block Printing in Jaipur make it world-wide famous for being an exquisite textile printing art.
Block Printing designs differ according to the varied regions of India like Rajasthan, Gujarat, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh. You can see the slight changes in the design of different places in this country. Likewise, in the eastern regions of India, you will notice that the Block Prints are bold and large whereas if compare it with Block Printing designs that are not so bold.
Especially in Rajasthan, the variety of traditional block prints which you can experience closely as Sanganer Prints and Bagru Block Printing. As these impressive designs have emerged from one state, thus much difference cannot be seen in both of these. Only the background or base color is changed among both. Mostly, Sanganeri prints are designed on the white background fabric and Bagru print is created on the red or black background fabric. Due to multiple backgrounds the fabric gets an impressive look of motifs and embraces its beauty in all.
Types of Block Printing Technique –
Discharge Printing – In this type of printing art, the complete fabric is dipped in color and then the particular area on which designs is to be created. It gets reacted with a chemical to make it fade from some specific areas and it is colored again in contrasting colors. The Block Printing Jaipur leaves the fabric with a special color effect that makes it embraced uniquely.
Regular direct printing – The most common technique which is applied on the fabric to get amazing block prints. It utilizes cotton or silk fabric first processed under the bleaching process so as to increase its absorbing power for dye which turns grayish color removed by giving it a yellowish tinge. After this the cloth is left for drying under the heat of the sun. The block prints are created on the fabric with the use of wooden blocks that are carved in unique designs or patterns to be traced on the fabric.
Resist Printing – The name itself speaks about this type of printing in which the color is applied with the resistant factor. This factor means some areas of the fabric are made resistant to color by applying the mixture of resin and clay in specific areas. Further the color or dye is applied to the rest of the fabric that leaves an undulating design that embraces the beauty of block printing Bagru.
To know more about this art, plan your personalized Block Printing Workshop in Jaipur and get the best experience of this textile printing art.