Back by popular demand, Block Printing with local artist Megan Larson returns to the MontiArts Studio for a three-part hands-on art series.
KARACHI: It was a slow day at work for Amjad Ahmed. But then, almost every day had been so for the past few years. Ahmed, who runs a block printing shop in North Karachi, has been working since the ...
This stellar debut from Grace and Jones, cofounders of the U.K.’s Indian Block Print Co., teaches readers the art of block printing, a centuries-old method of using wooden blocks carved with intricate ...
The paste prevents the dye from penetrating the design. To apply the designs onto the cloth, practitioners use hand-crafted blocks up to 300 years old, featuring regionally-inspired patterns, generic ...
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 ...
Columnist Suzy Leonard's first stab at block printing was a lesson in the perfection to be found in imperfections.