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Vegetable
Dyed Fabric
With Hand
Block Prints
: Printing is done with mostly with natural colors.
Now what is natural color? Well, Color derived
either from vegetations and vegetable products or
from pigmented stones, soils of various types, metals
without any chemical treatment are known as natural
colors. Dyeing with natural colors requires
skill and a "feel" for the ingredients.
There is a season and a method together and prepared
each different dyestuff. Fresher the ingredients,
the truer the colors.
Boiling,
Mordant (a substances whose addition helps to fix
the color on the cloth more permanently) selection,
measuring and dyeing time are all important factor
in controlling the color and tint. So, this is how
Vegetable dyed fabric is made...... Few samples
displayed here for your convenient.
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