Jaipur hastkar

  What is Sanganeri Hand Block Print —   Artisans hand-carve the designs to be printed into blocks of wood. Depending on the details in the design, each block could take several hours or even days to complete. Once the design is fully carved, the blocks are treated with oil. 500 year old Sanganeri hand block printed textiles, renowned for delicate floral motifs,  protected as a geographical indication under Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.    Sanganeri hand block print  is a centuries old technique of printing and dyeing using natural dyes from mineral and vegetable sources. This extremely complicated technique uses resist, pigment, mordant and dyeing techniques in various sequences to create printed textiles for use by the local communities. These textiles were objects of desire across the world for many centuries. A specialty of this technique is that the printing is done on both sides of the fabric so th...