Also spelt gad, it is a type of block used in textile block-printing. The image in the block is carved in intaglio, so that the recessed areas take the dye and produce the image when impressed on cloth. It is typically used to print the background elements of a design.
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Also known as a heald wire or heddle, it is the part of the loom through which warp threads are…
A camera that allows the photographer to view the subject through the lens while simultaneously seeing the image that will…
In photography, a chemical solution used to reveal the latent image that has been captured on the photographic film, as…
A wooden or plastic rod on which weft yarn is wound for use in a loom. The pirn is fixed…
A traditional hand spindle used for spinning yarn from fibre in the Takli hand-spinning technique from Kutch, Gujarat. From the…
Also known as rigid heddle looms, they feature a single shaft wherein heddles are fixed in place and resemble the…
In photography, a chemical solution used in the final stage of processing photographic film. It contains sodium or ammonium thiosulphate,…
Also known as a jala, it is an arrangement of threads that maps the desired design and is attached to…