Still in Print: Natural Color on Cotton—From Ajrakh to Kalamkari

Indian craftspeople are heirs to thousands of years of natural dye knowledge. Charllotte Kwon and Tim McLaughlin have had the opportunity to study and work with some of the finest artisan families still practicing traditional methods. In this talk Kwon and McLaughlin discuss the Ajrakh printers of the Kachchh region of western India and the kalamkari printers of Andhra Pradesh. They give an overview of the printing process and touch upon the history and remarkable legacy of this craft, in connection with the exhibition "Global Threads: The Art and Fashion of Indian Chintz."