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Bagru Block Paintings

Bagru lying at the distance of thirty-five km from Jaipur has no fort or palace or even their smashes, but boasts of incredible which is perhaps more attractive. Block printing. Anyone interested in fabric printing could simply walk into Chippa Mohalla (printers' quarter) beside the Sanjaria River, where about 3 dozen households make themselves eventful with dyes and blocks.

These craftsmen have kept the 3-centuries-old tradition of block printing alive and kicking in Rajasthan. And they are entirely environmentally-friendly; they beginning extravagance the cloth with Fuller's earth got from the riverside and then soak it in haldi (turmeric) water to get the conventional cream coloured background.

Only then do they stamp the cloth with wonderfully modeled blocks of wood using natural dyes of earthy hues.

In truth Bagru's craftspersons are amidst those some printers nowadays who are still mostly using customary vegetable dyes. For instance, blue is got from indigo, greens from indigo blended with pomegranate rinds, red from madder root and yellow from turmeric.

The designs are easy floral ones but valiant and colourful. Barmer prints, on the other hand, are famous for their bold geometric forms, called ajrakh. Bagru produces a few of the greatest bed covers and other materials. The brilliance of the craft has put this sleepy little town of Bagru near Jaiphur on the international style map.