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Grey Cotton fabric, Mudcloth fabric Handmade Natural color fabric By The Yard Hand Block Print Fabric



Item Description:-

Print Colour: Brown,

Background Colour: Grey mud

Fabric Width: 44 Inches (1.1 Meters)

Fabric Length: 1 Yard (0.91 Meters)

Fabric: 100% Cotton Soft Voile(Mul) Fabric

The above Price is for 1-yard fabric. If you want more than it you can select the quantity you need.
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It is a cotton fabric, easy to carry on your body.

The fabric is made with all love Natural colors, no chemicals were used while making it,
it is made with all the good happy emotions of great ARTISANS.


About:-

The Process of Dabu Printing starts with the preparation of mud resist the clay is prepared by finely sieving it. Calcium hydroxide (Chuna in Hindi), naturally pounded wheat chaff (Beedan in Hindi), and gum (gound in Hindi) are the main ingredients to make the mud resist. The dug out mud from the dry pond is soaked in water in a separate tank overnight. The mud resist is freshly prepared before every printing. A mixture of beedan and gound are along with mud are doughed to make a sticky paste.

Application of mud resist onto fabric The mixture is now ready for dabu printing. The mud resist being applied onto the fabrics using wood blocks. Either the dabu printing is done ona single table while sitting or on a running table. This depends upon the space availability and comfort an individual printer. To quickly dry the paste, saw dust is being applied to places where the mud resist is printed. The saw dust also acts as a binder which prevents color penetration while dyeing. The application of mud resist onto the fabric is followed by dyeing the fabric in a cauldron of dye. The process may be repeated for double dabu and triple dabu and hence forth. After every dyeing the fabric is thoroughly washed so as to remove the mud application. Finally the non dyed part where the resist has been applied is revealed after the washing. some of the color penetrates onto the fabric caused by mud cracking. The result is veining which gives it batik like look to the fabric.


Sources of Inspiration:-

Traditional Daboo designs and motifs are very similar to the motifs used in all traditional Rajasthani textiles, since the ‘blocks’ used for printing are common to most of these techniques. They tend to be nature-inspired designs of plants, birds, flowers, fruits as well as artistic ethnic motifs.


Style & Variety :-

Daboo printing is used to create a lot of different designs and patterns. This includes varieties of colors and motifs:



Colors and dyes:-

Traditional Dabu prints are made with natural dyes like kashish (grey-brown) and indigo (blue), as well as yellows and reds derived from fruits like pomegranate. Today a lot more color options are available to artisans since they are no longer restricted to vegetable dyes and can use synthetic dyes as well. Fabrics can also be dyed more than once, creating the double dabu and triple dabu effect with a richer, more colorful look.


Kashish Dye Process:-

Kashish printing is a mineral dying process using. kassis printing involves the use of dye and a resist. The characteristic of this dye is a full range of grey, khaki, and brown shades. Kassis is a mineral produced from iron deposits (Ferrous sulphate) and works like a vat dye. Is has been produced in certain areas of region where water is mineral enriched.

The use of Kassis dye is more prevalent in bargu. Printers use Harda (naturally occurring tannc acid) as a pretreatment to achieve lighter shades of brown. Darker shades are acquired by the addition of boiled pomegranate rind solution to the vat prior to dyeing.

Patterning can be achieved by the use of Dabu (mud-resist) as Kassis in cold vat dye. Over dyeing with indigo can give and additional range of grey tones. It can be used as an over dye to further increase the number of shades possible with natural dyes.



Care Instructions:-

Preferably hand wash, or gentle machine wash. Hang to dry. Indigo fabrics tend to contain excess dye so its highly recommended to soak the fabric in cold water for an hour and rinse till the water runs clear. Wash with similar colors. Hot iron.


Note :- This is a handcrafted block print product made using natural colors. Slight imperfections and color variations may occur due to the handmade process and screen display settings. However, we ensure that you receive a product that closely matches the images shown.