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Brand / Ahmedabad, India

Monsoon Press

Hand-block printed cloth and paper with natural dyes.
A collection of carved wooden printing blocks with different patterns.Photo: Kushali Bhagat / Unsplash

Illustrative photo, not the studio described.

Demo content

Monsoon Press is a fictional profile used to demonstrate the layout. A real profile is written with the creator and approved by them before it is published.

Based in
Ahmedabad, India
Discipline
Textiles, Printmaking
Works on Artination
2

Monsoon Press is a fictional textile brand used to demonstrate the platform. The example story describes a workshop where carved wooden blocks are pressed by hand onto cotton and handmade paper.

Dyes come from plants and minerals, and each print run follows the season, which is where the name comes from.

Mission

To make natural-dye printing a contemporary choice, not a nostalgic one.

Philosophy

Repetition by hand is never exact, and that is the point.

Shop and social links appear here once a real creator has approved them.

01 / The work

From Monsoon Press

A row of block-printed fabrics in blue patterns hanging to dry.

Monsoon Press Ahmedabad, India

Indigo Rain Scarf

Cotton voile, Natural indigo

Demo piece · not for sale

A hand pressing a carved block onto fabric to print a pattern.

Monsoon Press Ahmedabad, India

Hand-Stamped Yardage

Cotton, Natural dyes

Demo piece · not for sale

02 / Collections

Featured in

Woven straw bags with floral embroidery hanging against a blue wall.
Edit 01

Cloth Memory

Woven, printed and worn: textiles and adornment that carry a story.

3 makers 5 pieces

03 / Journal

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