KARACHI: It was a slow day at work for Amjad Ahmed. But then, almost every day had been so for the past few years. Ahmed, who runs a block printing shop in North Karachi, has been working since the ...

Block printing (also called Relief printing) is the process of carving patterns, shapes and designs into a 'block'. The 'block' could be made of wood, acrylic plastic sheet, lino (linoleum) or metal.

Textile artist Maham Irfan conducted an interactive block printing workshop at the National Art Gallery on Wednesday, with participants getting hands-on experience in the art of block printing. The ...

In Jaipur and its neighbouring districts in Northwest India, a 300-year-old tradition is dying a slow, gradual death. Woodblock printing, the craft as we know it today, which we have also come to ...

A traditional textiles factory in Rajasthan India is bringing the ancient art of block printing back to life and a French-Indian woman is leading the charge. A traditional textiles factory in ...

Most homes are built block by block, or brick by brick. But a demo house in Calverton, New York, was constructed scan by scan - its walls made using a giant three-dimensional printer. The outside of a ...