Indore - Craft Archive | Research on Indian Handicrafts & Handloom https://gaatha.org Indian Craft online Wed, 04 Aug 2021 09:40:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 https://gaatha.org/wp-content/uploads/gaatha-logo-63x63.png Indore - Craft Archive | Research on Indian Handicrafts & Handloom https://gaatha.org 32 32 Block Print~Indore https://gaatha.org/Craft-of-India/research-traditional-indore-block-print/ https://gaatha.org/Craft-of-India/research-traditional-indore-block-print/#respond Mon, 18 May 2015 08:23:19 +0000 http://143.110.249.195/?post_type=listing&p=8622 Block printing is an ancient technique of textile printing that is practiced even in modern times. Intricately carved wood blocks are used to stamp patterns onto the fabric. The method of dyeing used is ‘resist-dyeing’ where the true colors are revealed after reacting with air.

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]]> https://gaatha.org/Craft-of-India/research-traditional-indore-block-print/feed/ 0 Leather Animal~Indore https://gaatha.org/Craft-of-India/study-indore-leather-animal-craft/ https://gaatha.org/Craft-of-India/study-indore-leather-animal-craft/#respond Thu, 24 May 2012 10:49:30 +0000 http://143.110.249.195/?post_type=listing&p=6357 This art of creating life like animal statues from leather is practiced in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Craftsmen and their families practice this craft to create miniature to life size versions of all types of animals, from horses, cows and elephants, to lions, tigers and rhinos of the jungle, to exotic creatures of the wild, like […]

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