Aartyz Cream Kalamkari Silk Frock

Aartyz Cream Kalamkari Silk Frock

Silk Fabric

• Silk containing sericin is called raw silk.
• The gummy substance, affording protection during processing, is usually retained until the yarn or fabric stage and is removed by boiling the silk in soap and water, leaving it soft and lustrous, with weight reduced by as much as 30 percent.
• The degumming process leaves silk lustrous and semitransparent, with a smooth surface that does not readily retain soil.
• Silk is moisture-absorbent, retaining as much as a third of its weight in moisture without feeling damp, and has excellent dyeing properties.

Block Printing

• Block Printing is a method of hand printing on textiles with inks.
• Printing designs onto fabric originated in China about 4,500 years ago.
• However, hand-blocked fabric reached its highest visual expression in the Indian subcontinent.
• Block printing is one of the oldest stamping methods in history and one of the best known in India.
• Indians possessed unparalleled expertise in the secrets of natural plant dyes, particularly with mordants (metallic salts that both create color and allow it to adhere to fabric).
• In addition, a kind of mud resist-printing, called dabu, flourished in parts of Gujarat. 
• Thus, a series of combinations of mordant and resist stamping and dyeing enabled Indian printers to create uniquely complex designs.
• The creations of Indian artists reached around the world. 
• The designs adorned the palaces of South East Asian kings, the courts of Mughal emperors and even travelled to the far-flung capitals of Western Europe.
  
• This product is Hand Block Printed.
• Being hand printed, the fabric may have slight irregularities in colours and prints.
• These irregularities are the hallmark of all block-printed products and make each unique piece one-of-its-kind.
• Colors on screen appear brighter than actual.

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