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Hand block printing is an extraordinary craft that fetches highly in the fore front of fashion world today. The trend of this ancient craft is playing a major role since the last two decades and crawled all the way from the traditional rural areas to major metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Ahmedabad.

Hand block printed apparel and natural dyed coloured apparel are in the present trend since the early ages of 12th century. The hand block printed work is treated as a royal patronage and it gains a separate inclination all over the India. Some places of Gujarat are famous for this hand block printing especially some NGOs in the village named Kutch is famous for this traditional craft work. This essence of Kutch in Gujarat is a perfect blend of the past and the present a tradition bound in modern style.

The major items produced were traditional hand block print dresses, tops, long tops, skirts and coats in which the colours stand out for their purity and intensity as no surface painting can hope to achieve this mark. Ordinary retail stores cannot afford the luxury of keeping this natural dye apparel as they are expensive, though worth every penny and their weight in gold.

In the medieval ages hand block printing and dying of apparel was specially developed in Gujarat and Rajasthan. The use of wooden blocks for printing is very common here in Gujarat. The craft of hand block printing is famous for its artistry and intricacy of design. Even some small villages near Ahmedabad in Gujarat is famous for their finest block printing.

Ajrakh block prints that are popular even today are originated from Gujarat involving a resist print primarily intended for ladies tops and long tops. Hand block printing plays a major role in the present fashion trend as this simple process can create sensational printed apparel in rich and vibrant colors. They strictly use natural vegetable dyed colors where as some outlets replaced these rich colours with chemicals and artificial colours. Major colors used are red - the colour of love, yellow - the colour of spring, blue - the colour of lord Krishna and saffron represents yogi (saint).
Hand Block, a Main Tool used for finest block printing

The main tool used for this hand block printing is a wooden block. These popular hand blocks are made of teak wood and the design is engraved on each block. The design is etched on the underside of these blocks with two to three cylindrical homes in the middle to allow free air passage and to release the excess paint.

The whole process of hand block painting involves several stages starting from the preparation of raw material to the printing with an aim to achieve utmost level of perfection.

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