A mural painting technique where water-based pigments are applied over wet lime plaster. As the paint and plaster dry together, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall surface, retaining longevity.
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A solution that is applied to warp threads before they are set on a loom for weaving, it protects the…
Offset Printing
A printing technique in which an inked image is impressed on a rubber cylinder or blanket through a printing plate…
Selvedge
The edge of a fabric that does not require additional finishing work and prevents the textile from fraying and unravelling.…
Back Stitch
A variety of the stem or split stitch, wherein individual stitches are made in the opposite direction of the embroidery.…
Sapma and Thrima
Discontinuous patterning techniques in Bhutanese weaving, using supplementary weft to create single-faced motifs and patterns (invisible on the reverse of…
Tiraz
Textiles with embroidered inscriptions produced in Iran during the early Islamic period, until the fourteenth century CE. Robes made of…
Kashika Vastra
Meaning “clothes from Kashi” in Sanskrit, it is a possible reference to the brocaded fabric produced in Kashi (now Varanasi).
Glass Plate Negative
A photographic negative produced using a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive emulsion of silver compounds, in use in plate…