Block printing- My floral blocks collection
Block printing is an ancient method of decorating fabrics. This is very famous in Rajasthan and Gujarat states in India. Though to designing dresses and sarees, I have used screen printing, I never used block printing. I have a good collection of blocks, collected over the years. Some I have bought in craft exhibition and some I ordered online from Rajasthan, some I have got through my friends who visited Rajasthan. I have now many blocks in different designs. Here I am sharing floral design blocks.
Let me start with this small blocks, which has floral design.
Small blocks
The print looks like this:
The prints of the small blocks
These can be used along the border or as motifs all over.
The next ones are
Lotus and other flowers in slightly bigger size
The above ones are slightly bigger in size. The left most one is Lotus flower design, the middle one is also floral design. The right most one is combination of peacock and floral design.
The prints look like this:
Lotus and other floral designs
The below ones are different kinds, somewhat like circular in shape.
Circular shaped floral design blocks
These also can be used as motifs and it prints are below:
The circular block motifs
The next one is big one and it has vine design.
Vine design block
I am eager to use this block in dress or saree design. The print is lovely.
Vine design block print
The below one is special one, double colored design can be printed by this. This block is nearly 45-50 years old. And this was given by one of my friends, whose ancestors were into block printing business.
Double colored printing blocks
The print is also very pretty. I have printed both, with single color and double color too.
Single and double colored
Also read: Ajarak fabric- Block printing
For some of this prints, I have used the pigment with binder and fixer, which I had purchased from Amazon. For some I have used fevicryl acrylic/fabric colors. I will share the tutorial to use these kind of blocks for designing purpose, in coming post.
Until then,
Love, Laugh and Live the life to the fullest,
-Ranjana
