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1.8Carbon Impacts Offset Points |
Offset Score: 70.018 % |
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200Water Impacts Offset Points |
Offset Score: 72 % |
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0.9Chemical Impacts Offset Points |
Offset Score: 70.009 % |
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50Waste Impacts Offset Points |
Offset Score: 100 % |
Hand Block printing is a century old Indian art form and a hand skill practice that involves a lot of hard work and the production process is painstaking and manual utilizing natural dyes and vegetable pastes. In the making of this printed fabric, a hand-carved teak wood block is dipped in plant extracted dyes in black and red and stamped by hand onto the soft cotton fabric. Crafted with natural dyes and hand printed using stained wood blocks makes it a piece of art. The fabric is also dyed with the plant dyes and the unique prints are derived from flowers, leaves, and barks and layouts are dramatic with use of black and red alternately over beige featuring florid vines & ornate honeycomb borders and usually has traditional paisleys, geometrical patterns, tiny florets, buds and vine motifs with a vintage feel. The printing is done by the skilled artisans of India and the perfection of this technique is so good, that the patterns look almost as flawless as machine printed and this art form is truly magnificent. These intricate paisley & floral hand block printed fabric are trendy, cool and comfortable cloth material. Though the techniques and designs are age-old the prints retain its contemporary appeal.