Drying the Textiles

Madder & pomegranate drying field. The dyed textiles are laid out on these stones to dry. There was a drizzly rain the day we visited so there were no textiles laid out.

Pomegranate husks in the foreground & the indigo drying field in the middle ground.

A delicious collection of Ajarakh & other traditional block printed textiles, dyed with natural dyes.

Washing the textiles

Washing the block printed, natural dyed textiles.

Dying Block Printed Textiles

Dying with iron liquor.

Boiling the textile with natural dye materials in a copper pot.

These textiles have been block printed and dyed repeatedly to build up the design.