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The
term bandhani is derived from the Sanskrit
word banda ("to tie").The art
of Bandhej or Bandhani is a highly skilled process.
The technique involves dyeing a fabric which is
tied tightly with a thread at several points,
thus producing a variety of patterns like Chandrakala,
Bavan Baug, Shikari, ambadaal etc;
depending on the manner in which the cloth is
tied. The main colours used in Bandhani are yellow,
red, blue, green and black.The main colours used
in Bandhani are natural. As Bandhani is a tie
and dye process, dying is done by hand and hence
best colours and combinations are possible in
Bandhanis.The cloth is tied finely with threads
and dyed in stages in different colours. The tied
cloth when opened results in various patterns
and motifs.For a complex pattern the resist tying
happens more than once in varying sizes as per
the design. The cloth is dyed again for the other
patterns if any and then washed and dried. The
cloth may be successively tied and dyed in various
colours for multi coloured designs.
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Tie-dye
is a modern term invented for a set of ancient
resist-dyeing techniques, and for the products
of these processes. The process of tie-dye typically
consists of folding, twisting, pleating, or crumpling
fabric or a garment and binding with string or
rubber bands, followed by application of dye(s).
The manipulations of the fabric prior to application
of dye are called resists, as they partially or
completely prevent the applied dye from coloring
the fabric. More sophisticated tie-dyes involve
additional steps, including an initial application
of dye prior to the resist, multiple sequential
dye and resist steps,and the use of other types
of resists (stitching, stencils) and discharge.
Unlike regular resist-dyeing techniques, tie-dye
is characterized by the use of bright, saturated
primary colors and bold patterns.
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Wooden
Block Printing/Hand Block Printing on textiles
is the process of printing patterns on textiles,
usually of linen, cotton or silk, by means of
incised wooden blocks. It is the earliest, simplest
and slowest of all methods of textile printing.
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.Like
most crafts in India the skill of block carving
is passed down from father to son.
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Hand
block printing is a centuries old Indian art
form that utilizes a hand carved teak wood block
that is dipped in dye and stamped by hand onto
cotton or silk.The design for the block is usually
a traditional Indian motif. The motif is traced
on to a block by a master craftsman who then chips
away at the block to create a stamp. If the pattern
contains several colours, the cloth is usually
first printed throughout with one, then dried,
re-wound and printed with the second, the same
operations being repeated until all the colours
are printed.
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