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Saturday 24 March 2018

Eco Printing: An art of printing leaves

Introduction


History of natural dyes is time immemorial, when there were no use of chemical dyes in practice, because human being was very close to nature and dependent on natural resources only. After industrial revolution and advent of synthetic dyes use of natural dyes started falling. Reasons behind increase in the use of chemical dyes were easy to use, cheaper in price and bright colors. 

Today when world is facing a problem of scarcity of water resources, contamination of existing water resources, use of chemical dyes contributing the most. It is not only contaminating the water resources but also hazardous for human skin and health. To address the solution to the problem we need to go back to the nature. 



Tie dye with natural indigo and ecoprinted handloom kala cotton fabric

To address the current problem we need to revive the use of natural dyes and alternative techniques. 

Ecoprinting is one of such technique to embellish the clothing. Australia India Flint innovated a craft of "Eco-dyeing" and "Eco Printing" using 100% natural dye ingredients to beautify fabric. 



Ecoprinted Mulberry Silk by Cotton Saree by EcoFab

Eco-Printing: A natural art of printing

Ecoprinting is an art and science to print the natural pigment present in the various parts of the plant and at the same time convert it into wearable textile. 



Resist Ecoprint Handloom Kala Cotton Fabric 

A typical process followed from sourcing the right fabric to sizing, scouring, mordanting, choosing the parts of the plant and getting the impression of it. Initially every ecoprinter follows the predefined process and later on develops its own process, technique and style. 


Eco-printing requires skill, arduous efforts and lots of practice to get the desired result but still results is in the hands of nature. Eco printing is an art of printing leaves of various plants by wrapping it under the fabric and dye it with chosen natural dye to get the desired shade and leaf design on the fabric. It is completely a natural process to print and dye the fabric in a complete organic way with no control over the end results. 


Ecoprint Mulberry Silk Saree

Most of the dyers are now started growing desired plants and trees to make it more sustainable, eco-friendly and responsible way of dyeing fabrics.

Eco printing is getting popular among eco-conscious customers in Europe and US very rapidly and slowly growing its attention in India too. 






Stay tuned............

2 comments:

  1. Good knowledge of eco printing
    Thanks for sharing.

    ReplyDelete

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