In textile production, it is the practice of dyeing a fabric or yarn that has already been dyed.
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Rib Weave
A variation of the plain weave, it is created by passing the weft over and under the warp threads in…
Fresco Buono
Literally meaning “true fresh” in Italian, it is a painting technique in which the paint is applied to wet plaster,…
Screen-Printing
Also known as serigraphy and silk-screen printing, it is a stencil-based technique of printing on a substrate such as paper…
Rekh
Derived from the Hindi and Urdu word for “outline,” it is a step in some Indian block-printing processes, in which…
Dorukha
A textile with double-sided design, typically seen in Kani weaving and kantha embroidery. The embroidery is executed in a way…
Pietra Dura
A form of mosaic work wherein hard semi-precious stones are inlaid onto stone to form images. The decorative technique flourished…
Tintype
A photograph made by creating a positive directly on a thin sheet of black-enamelled metal coated with collodion. They were…
Warp
It refers to yarn or threads fixed longitudinally on a loom. Weft threads are passed horizontally over and under the…