Hand block printing is a traditional Indian technique where hand-carved wooden blocks are used to print designs on fabric. Skilled artisans create intricate patterns on natural fabrics like cotton and ...

Hand block printing is an ancient art where carved wooden blocks dipped in dye create patterns on fabric. Originating in China over 2000 years ago, it spread globally, with India becoming a renowned ...

While working on her doctorate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC Davis, Megna Hari spends her free time creating block printed cards inspired by iconic UC Davis landmarks. “I have always ...

The resulting work tends to please in an instinctual way. Take Carl Otto Czeschka’s Textile Fragment, “Waldidyll” (Forest Idyll) (1910-11), a block-printed piece of linen that shows two crouching deer ...

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 ...

Editor's note: The China Engraved Block Printing Technique is a traditional method of printing that involves manually carving characters and images into wooden blocks, which are then inked and pressed ...