Farrukhabad’s Vastra Chhapai tradition combines hand-carved wooden blocks and textile printing, sustaining a historic craft industry.

In a day and age where most everything we purchase is mass-produced, there’s something magical about the beauty found in the slowness of handmade goods. Block printed textiles are lovely in part ...

Once associated with traditional or bohemian interiors, block prints are returning for 2026 in a far more refined, versatile form. Designers are embracing them as both bold statements and artisanal ...

These are the days of graphic emblazoned t-shirts and digital printed dresses. And yet, uniqueness continues to reign in the fashion spectrum. The heritage craft of creating designs on fabric using ...

During the summer and winter months in Bagru, one can see a colourful array of hand-printed fabric hanging over balconies and clotheslines, or spread on open grounds on either side of the road in ...

Everyone has worn kurtas, dupattas or sarees with the iconic floral or geometric hand-prints from Rajasthan. But given the tough times that the crafts community of block printers is facing in the wake ...