Designer Ethnic Wear for Women

Woodblock printing is a technique of printing text, images or patterns on paper or fabric. It is one of the oldest techniques known and practised to date. It was originated in China. Later the Japanese adopted the technique and within a short period, it got spread and flourished into a fine way of artistic expression. The technique of woodblock printing: Woodblock is prepared as a relief matrix. It means that the areas to show white are cut away with a chisel or knife, leaving the characters or image to show in black at the original surface level. The block is inked properly and then pressed hard against the fabric or paper to achieve the impression of that engraved pattern. These wood blocks are generally made up of sycamore, plane and pear wood. These may vary in size but ya, all of these are 2-3 inch thick. The art of carving on the wood is technically known as xylography. At first, woodblock print was mainly used for printing calendars, auspicious charms and ...

Hand embroidery expensive than machine embroidery :  Hand embroidery is a work of skill. It’s a slow, detailed and very meticulous work. Of course, when every single thread is stitched by hand then it becomes a very time consuming and effortful work. The hand embroidery starts with a piece of fabric that is tightly stretched over a wood or plastic hoop. The crafter carefully chooses the colour of the thread and starts filling the print stitch by stitch. The hand-embroidered fabrics are all unique to each other. Even if the exact print and colour of threads are replicated then also a subtle difference always exists when the final piece is ready. The threads used for hand embroidery are different from that of machine embroidery. In case of hand embroidery, more of silk, cotton and wool threads are used. The strands are divided as per the requirement of making the embroidery heavy or delicate. We feel the main reason why hand embroidery is expensive than machine e...