“I have been doing block printing work for the past 20 years with my husband,” 40-year-old Musarrat Fayyaz tells The News on Sunday (TNS). “Our family has been associated with the centuries-old art ...

Textile artist Maham Irfan conducted an interactive block printing workshop at the National Art Gallery on Wednesday, with participants getting hands-on experience in the art of block printing. The ...

These are the days of graphic emblazoned t-shirts and digital printed dresses. And yet, uniqueness continues to reign in the fashion spectrum. The heritage craft of creating designs on fabric using ...

Woodblock printing is a quintessential example of art transcending history and border throughout the South Asian subcontinent. It originated in China, and remained to be the most non-communal method ...

Indigo blue printed fabric was common to the dress of European peasant women from the late 18th century.This small sample of linen was printed by hand in Russia during the early 20th century using a ...

Everyone has worn kurtas, dupattas or sarees with the iconic floral or geometric hand-prints from Rajasthan. But given the tough times that the crafts community of block printers is facing in the wake ...

Signed, sealed and delivered in a golden age of trade. This wooden block has seen a lot of action. It is darkened by age and traces of paint and ink. It was used in 18th century Exeter to stamp a ...