Block printed bed spreads are very much in demand by connoisseurs all over the world. The products of block printing yield the best kind of work. The method of using wood block for printing cloth was invented in china in about 500 AD. It was known as the jia xie method of dying. The wooden block used for printing is prepared as a relief matrix. The areas that are not to be printed are cut off with a knife or chisel. The block was bushed with ink and pressed onto the cloth. In case of color printing multiple blocks are used for different colors. |