Print style
Hand Block Print
Carved teak blocks pressed by hand onto cotton: a black outline block first, then madder and indigo, each impression a hair off the last. Cherrapunji example from the Poster Stamp collection.
Make a stamp in this styleThe print tradition
Carved teak blocks pressed by hand onto cotton: a black outline block first, then madder and indigo, each impression a hair off the last.
- Period
- Rajasthan, India, from the 16th century
- Process
- Hand block printing on cotton
- Marks
- Black outline block, madder and indigo fills, resist dots
- Frame
- Bagru border block: vine jaal with five-petal flowers, rosette corners, two paisleys and a merlon band at the foot
The example
Root bridges in the wettest monsoon on earth. This illustrated Rainpost sample depicts Cherrapunji with drawn shapes and print textures. The browser editor applies a local print treatment to your photo; the collection is an artistic interpretation.
