Design Resource
Block and Fresh Leaf Printing on Khadi - Maharashtra
Fabric Printing
by
Prof. Bibhudutta Baraland Srikanth B.
Dye Preparation
The dye for fabric printing is prepared in the traditional style using all-natural ingredients. The colour Black is a result of a combination of iron, jaggery, and water, set through a particular processing technique to achieve the colour. Here the mixture is fermented for fifteen days in an earthen pot. After fermentation, it is added with tamarind seed paste and blended to a particular consistency to gain a brown colour residue. This mixture, when it comes in contact with the fabric, which is dyed with Beleric Myrobalan, a chemical reaction takes place and thus the brown colour turns black, giving a black colour design over the fabric.
Flow Chart
