Arts and Crafts of India-Blocks,Prints and Patterns

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Journeys into Jaipur always has helped me search for the old blocks used for printing..Each journey has gifted me one or two blocks.An arrangement on the side table where the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">blocks stood along the fiery Red Hibiscus flowers.This morning waking up to the withered and fallen flowers was a sight. Blockprint cushions and bedsheets always had a soft corner at our home.The Indian touch lended an air of elegance in the rooms...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ry-OlPwY80xUPYGMxWQxbL3OKGpjqBzGppLvyFiwyCzSfQ-KHrnfn8dvNTnyv4XRlTCvZWOhs58jw6XvGmN0Uga3ZxhpsrAnPbg_G3ZfZlMAx3dl1E6GHikyh6gwul3dyMUmTXqsmDY/s1600/IMG_1703+1+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ry-OlPwY80xUPYGMxWQxbL3OKGpjqBzGppLvyFiwyCzSfQ-KHrnfn8dvNTnyv4XRlTCvZWOhs58jw6XvGmN0Uga3ZxhpsrAnPbg_G3ZfZlMAx3dl1E6GHikyh6gwul3dyMUmTXqsmDY/s640/IMG_1703+1+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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