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Usually each printing batch includes about 20 to 25 phentiya ghagara skirt pieces of thick hardwearing cotton.

The entire process from start to finish takes about 10 to 20 days, depending on the weather and number of people involved in the task.

The red colour for the phentiya was earlier achieved by mordant printing with alum and dying in Alizarin solution. Now the printers are using napthol in the block printing and processing it in a salt solution.

As the whole family participates in the printing process this stage is usually left to the women of the family. Working on patiya low tables, they dip the block in the napthol paste that is kept ready in an earthen pot and stamp the fabric. Each napthol paste dip allows for three stampings on the material.

The printer follows no registration mark, depending on skill and a strong visual literacy to develop the patterning.

Here the napthol printed fabric is ready for the next printing stage.

Details

  • Title: Print Development
  • Date: 2009
  • Location: Akola, Rajasthan
  • Provenance: Craft Revival Trust Archive

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