BLOCK PRINTING

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                                                HISTORY OF BLOCK PRINTING 


Block printing is thought to have had its origin in china over 4,000 years ago, before disseminating throughout Asia and the world. The earliest record of block printing, though, isn’t on fabric but on a book known as the diamond sutra, which was printed 300 years before the Gutenberg bible. BLOCK PRINTING is a technique for printing text, images, or patterns used widely throughout east Asia and originating in china in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later on paper. Each page or image is created by carving a wooden block to leave only some areas and lines on the original level it is these that are inked and show in the print, in a relief printing process . Carving the block is skilled and laborious work, but a large number of impressions can then be printed.

Diamond sutra from the tang dynasty china, the world's earliest
printing text containing a date of production, AD868(British Library)


INVENTION DATE OF BLOCK PRINTING: 

Historians acknowledge that the Chinese invented woodblock printing between 712BC to 756 AD during the great age of T'ang culture.


When thinking of Japanese woodblock prints, the first image that springs into the minds of most will be Hokusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa. He is famed for his many landscapes showing waterfalls, bridges, and mountains—especially Mount Fuji—but also produced many pictures of ghosts, wildlife, and erotic imagery.

Let's have a more detailed look at the technical Block Printing Process.
  • Step 1: Block Carving. ...
  • Step 2: Application of Dye. ...
  • Step 3: Treatment of Fabric. ...
  • Step 4: Printing.






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