Aartyz comfort fit hand block printed palazzo in khadi fabric

Block printing is one of the wide spread techniques of printing on fabrics with inks and wooden blocks. The art form has been practiced by extremely skillful artisans for centuries in India. The wooden blocks are made of teak wood or sesame wood and are hand crafted by expert block makers. Block printing by hand is a slow process. It is, however, capable of yielding highly artistic results, some of which are unobtainable by any other method.

Block Printing

Block Printing is a method of hand printing on textiles with inks. Printing designs onto fabric originated in China about 4,500 years ago. However, hand-blocked fabric reached its highest visual expression in the Indian subcontinent. Indians possessed unparalleled expertise in the secrets of natural plant dyes, particularly with mordants (metallic salts that both create color and allow it to adhere to fabric). In addition, a kind of mud resist-printing, called dabu, which allows areas of a design to be reserved from dye, flourished here. Thus, a series of combinations of mordant and resist stamping and dyeing enabled Indian printers to create uniquely complex designs, coveted from Southeast Asia and palaces of Mughal emperors to the far-flung capitals of Western Europe.

Block Printing at Aartyz

Aartyz has a unique manufacturing approach, where craft person focuses on craft only. Furthermore, pre and post production are taken care by experts. We developed equipment and techniques which help us reduce wastage and re working. We have created infrastructure to get the optimum output from each skill. This has increased the average earning of our craft person.
At Aartyz, we believe in learning and reinventing the art of hand block printing. Artists and designs from various parts of India such as Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat inspire us to make improvements in our designs and processes. We also take inspiration and ideas from different techniques to create new concepts.