• Dr. Kanchana P. Shah

Gujarat has been famous for its textiles and especially dyeing and printing craft since ancient times. Before the beginning of the Christian era up to the rise of the British power in India textiles from Gujarat were popular all over the known world. Jetpur in Gujarat was famous for its unique art of block printing. The air in Jetpur was laden with the smells of dye stuffs spiraling out of large copper vats with translucent layers of colored fabrics drying to the percussion beat of wooden printing blocks. In this study process carried out for hand block printing with special reference to Jetpur of Gujarat state had been studied. To cover the whole process, survey and observation methods were used, by these methods data’s were collected. A sample size of 30 units was selected randomly and study was carried out with the help of survey and observation method. Then data collection was done after which raw data was coded, tabulated and statistically analyzed. The units were small scale units which did not require heavy investments and provide employment to many people. It is found that the mainly wax-resist printing is done for block printing and products used for preparing dyes are all chemical.

Block printing, Dyes, wax-resist printing

"An overview of hand block printing units in Jetpur of Gujarat", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no.a598-a601, September-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109086.pdf

"An overview of hand block printing units in Jetpur of Gujarat", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no. ppa598-a601, September-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109086.pdf