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13. Alum |
Pomegranate and indigo dyed cloth is dipped in alum solution and dyed in open sun and kept under shade for 24 fours to have the greenish change shade.. |
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14. |
Wash the mud printed, pomegranate, indigo dyed cloth to remove the mud and
to have the requisite shinning. |
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15. Beedhan, Natural Gum, Lime, Black Soil |
Mud washed fabric is re-mud printed on the lower portion
of the block. |
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16.Turmeric Powder, Pomegranate Sesame Oil |
Re-Dabu the printed fabric and re-dye in the thick
solution of turmeric and pomegranate with the woolen rug to have yellow color
in the leaves of the block. |
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17. Alum |
Dyed and mud printed cloth is dipped in Alum solution.
Alum acts as a fixing agent in the vegetable dyes. It gives various shades by
processing with different vegetable moderants. |
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18. |
On removing the mud, the finished cloth is ready for use.
This type of traditional fabric were used by Pathans and Afghans before
partition. |
About the Author:
The author is the Head
of the Department Textile & Communication Design, Pearl Academy of
Fashion.
Source: Pearl Academy of Fashion
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