Printing is a process for decorating a surface or reproducing patterns and motives. Color is transferred to a surface using for example templates, stencils, blocks, engravings or silkscreens.

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Shweshwe

Printing

Shweshwe is a type of dyed and printed cotton fabric used in traditional South-African clothing.

Blaudruck

Printing

Blaudruck is a resist-dye technique characterised by a white pattern on an indigo blue background.

Adinkra Cloth

Adinkra

Printing

Adinkra are visual symbols that represent concepts or aphorisms, used in fabrics and pottery.

Block Printing

Printing

Block printing is the process of printing patterns by means of engraved wooden blocks.

Bagh print

Printing

Bagh Print is a traditional hand block print with natural colours from Madhya Pradesh, India.

Kalamkari

Printing
India, Iran

Kalamkari is a type of decorative hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, produced in parts of India and Iran.

Bògòlanfini

Printing
Africa

Bògòlanfini is a handmade Malian cotton fabric traditionally dyed with fermented mud, also called mud cloth.