Hand Block Printing is one of the most famous traditional art of Rajasthan. Workshops are held for those who wants to learn this beautiful traditional art. During these workshops one gets to develop their skills in block printing and also gain experience by learning and working alongside skilled craftperson. It is very interesting to see how the prints are hand made with small wooden blocks, usually with different colors extracted from nature.

At the end of workshop, you will learn

• How to make wood blocks
• Chance to see some of the plants and bushes, part of which are used for Printing & Dyeing.
• How vegetable dyes works
  
• How to do mud resist printing (Daboo Printing )
  
• How to do bagru printing (using vegetable dyes)
  
• How to make colour fast naturally
  
• How to finish the fabric naturally ( without using electric iron )

Brief of working during two days :

Day One

Introduction
The programme leader will take you on round of the factory and explain the different type of vegetable dyes are used in printing. He will show you different samples of hand block printed textile. He will also explain the bagru and daboo printing process so that you can understand the technique before starting your own printing. He will show some live plants and bushes , part of which are used in vegetable printing .

Hands on printing experience :
To start your own hands-on printing experience , you may select ready carved wooden block from the available blocks . You will be able to print two pecieces of cotton scarves ( provided in the programme kit ) under supervision of senior craftperson. You will work on two type of printing techniques : bagru prints and daboo prints .

Day Two :

Post Printing Process :
You will be taught about post printing process like boiling, dyeing, colour fixing and washing. Process for vegetable prints and daboo prints are different. You will be taken through process of post printing followed by a hands-on experience . You can take the finished fabric samples at the end of workshop.

Note :

Cost of programme will include :

Programme kit : (2 cotton scarves, Study Material on Hand Block Printing)

Consumables and Services : vegetable colours and printing materials and other material used for pre- post printing, wooden blocks and sevices of workshop .

Tea –Coffee- Mineral Water – Biscuits:

Lunch : Need to take along with you

Lodging – Boarding – Transport to work shop: cost not included in programme cost