Indian Dyeing and Painting on Fabric

Indian dyeing techniques are world famous and have endured and developed through the centuries. A popular style of Gujarat is the bandhani which is made by a traditional resist dyeing technique of tie and dye. Bandhani is produced in shocking colours; inspiration for combinations is drawn from nature, so red and yellow from the mango, or purple and green from the aubergine are interspersed with irregular dots, squares or triangles that result from tie and dye process. Dyeing selectively waxed cloth- originally a javanese technique produces some of the finest batik in the world, and this is used for clothes and soft furnishings. All the artisans involved in the dyeing and painting of cloth flourished untill the end of the nineteenth century when synthetic madder and indigo, which were more lasting than their natural counterparts, were discovered in Europe and machines that mass produced fabric were introduced into India. Before this beautiful handmade fabrics had been used regularly to furnish palaces and royal tents and Indian kings and princes exchanged gifts of exquisite cloth to honour each other.

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[halabashagorani]

.... these block printed fabrics which I have been using as bed cover and table cloth from India, are very high quality.Now its time to decorate my walls with Indian Paintings.