MAKING BLOCKS FOR FABRIC PRINTING IN INDIA

      A BLOCK CARVING STUDIO IN RAJASTHAN, INDIA.

                SAMPLE BOOK OF WOOD BLOCK DESIGNS.

               SHOWING A CUSTOMER THE DESIGNS.

            

  

  THE BLOCK IS LEVELED THEN A MIXTURE OF CHALK AND WATER IS SMEARED 

ON THE SURFACE.  THE BLOCKS ARE MADE OF SHEESHAM WOOD (INDIAN ROSEWOOD)

      THEN THE DESIGN IS TRANSFERRED ONTO THE BLOCK BY PIERCING THE DESIGN 
                           ON THE PAPER PATTERN INTO THE WOOD.

  

                                MARKS ON THE BLOCK OUTLINING THE PATTERN.

                             DRILLING HOLES IN THE BLOCK BEFORE CARVING.

 USING COTTON WADDING IN THE BLOCK TO HOLD THE DYE.