KARACHI: It was a slow day at work for Amjad Ahmed. But then, almost every day had been so for the past few years. Ahmed, who runs a block printing shop in North Karachi, has been working since the ...

A Woodblock carver scrapes off parts of the block with various cutting tools and (inset ) the pages of a book printed with woodblocks. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/China Daily] 2009, Representative List of ...

The ancient tradition of Indian block printing has survived through the centuries because of the beauty, detail and colour of the handmade fabrics. Created using hand-carved wooden blocks, dipped in ...

While working on her doctorate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC Davis, Megna Hari spends her free time creating block printed cards inspired by iconic UC Davis landmarks. “I have always ...