Breakaway to Jaipur, where golden sands, indigo skies and crimson forts find an echo in its traditional fabrics. Visit master craftsmen and award-winning printers who will walk you through beautiful Bagru, Indigo and Sanganeri printing traditions of the desert kingdom
Jaipur: A city that turned pink in honour of Prince Albert and Queen Elizabeth II- associated with a riot of other colours thanks to its beautiful textiles and age old printing techniques. Discover tie and dye leheriya or bandhej , the Quintessential Indigo and traditional Bagru and the Sanganer prints. Come Breakaway.
Half day workshop: 2:30 hours
Block Printing Workshop in Jaipur
An interactive workshop at an art residency , with a block printer nurtures your understanding of a printing technique that is a part of India’s contemporary textile culture. As your eyes get fixated on the intricate sharpness of every carving, you get sensitized to the painstaking time and effort involved in each stage of the printing process.
We follow the different stages in the printing process, with the help of swatches –from grey cloth to the final finished product. After a quick demo, you get to craft your own personalized creation by choosing from a variety of designs on wooden blocks, and a range of colors. Bring along a t-shirt or a scarf or just simple napkins, paper or textile, anything that you want to print on, and an open mind raring to experiment
Working with our expert allows you to develop a fuller appreciation and outlook into a world filled with color and seeped in tradition and old-world techniques. Color your hands with the reminisces of blues, pinks and reds after testing your skills at hand block printing with pigment, each offering a cultivated experience into the diversity in textiles.
You could print a stole or just some table napkins, upto you.
Material will be provided.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, today you have explored, some of the rich, and intricate displays of hand block printing and dyeing traditions native to India. You’ve seen for yourself the love, hard work, skill and artistry that goes into the making of fabrics the world celebrates.... Come Breakaway