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Kalamkari Hand Block Prints from Machilipatnam: A Living Legacy Woven in Colour

Discover the rich heritage of Machilipatnam Kalamkari Hand Block Prints — a GI-tagged textile tradition from Andhra Pradesh crafted using natural dyes and hand-carved...

September 6, 2026

Hand pressing a carved wooden block onto indigo-blue printed fabric in a rural Indian village, evoking Rajasthan's dabu and block printing tradition

Akola

The Mud That Refuses the Dye: Inside Dabu Resist Printing in Akola and Bagru

Inside dabu mud-resist printing in Akola and Bagru, Rajasthan: the ancient recipe, named artisans, the rivers running dry, and how to spot the real...

September 5, 2026

A pile of hand-carved wooden printing blocks with animal and floral motifs, used for Indian hand block printing

Artisans

Before the Cloth, There Is the Wood: Inside Pethapur, the Village That Carves India's Block Prints

Every hand block print in India begins months earlier, in a room full of teak dust in a small Gujarati town. Meet the carvers...

August 29, 2026

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Kalamkari Hand Block Prints from Machilipatnam: A Living Legacy Woven in Colour

The Mud That Refuses the Dye: Inside Dabu Resist Printing in Akola and Bagru

Before the Cloth, There Is the Wood: Inside Pethapur, the Village That Carves India's Block Prints