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Indigo Sadhna-Dabu Shirt

Indigo Sadhna-Dabu Shirt

€64.00 Regular Price
€32.00Sale Price
Organic cotton shirt, hand-dyed with natural Indigo and hand-blockprinted with Dabu mud-resist technique. The fabric has been hand-printed by the Bagru community and finished by the women of Sadhna, in Rajasthan (India). 
 
Ethnic styles express lifestyle. They are practiced by individuals whose heritage is rooted in community rather than land, and considered cultural property.

  • CRAFT TECHNIQUE: Indigo + Dabu Blockprint

     

    INDIGO is a highly revered dye among the craftsmen. They believe that a cow that drinks the solution becomes stronger and that if they eat with Indigo-stained hands, there won’t be any problems with the food or digestion. They say that Indigo has the power to turn anything natural. Wearing Indigo dyed fabric is thereby considered auspicious.

     

    DABU is a mud resist mixture made from local black clay, wheat powder, guar gum, and lime water. After the printer applies the dabu print pattern, a fine layer of sawdust is sprinkled over the fabric to help prevent it from sticking to itself during the dye process. The motifs made with the mud resist remain uncolored while the rest of the fabric is dyed.

     

    SADHNA was established in 1988 to provide alternative incomes for women in  rural, tribal and urban slum belts of southern Rajasthan. As these communities were not dependent on agriculture, handicraft was chosen to be introduced to them. Sadhna taught Patchwork, Appliqué and Tanka embroidery skills to the women for them to earn a secure living. Today, Sadhna provides continuous training to women artisans to improve their skills, a support network to them in their villages and a respectable position in their family and society.

     

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