Bagh is a unique style of block printing on handloom fabrics,
the name coming from its origin in the current form in Bagh village of Madhya Pradesh handlooms, India.
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Despite the art being
from another region brought by travelers who happened to settle in Manawar, the
present style of Bagh printing is said to be from the early 60s when some
Muslim Khatris migrated from Manawar to settle in this village.
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Bagh was practiced by these tribal muslims and the print
subjects were mainly geometrical prints and floral compositions.
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There was a
lull in between that led to many of these traditional practitioners deserting
the art and being lured away to the production of synthetic fabrics that also
came up at that time.
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It was Ismail Khatri who gave the Bagh its
present form by staying on in the practice of this art and experimenting with
designs.
In a brave move he altered the concept, the process and the look
of these printed fabrics and brought the turnaround of a doomed art. He
happened to get 200 year and 300 year old blocks which were based on
traditional motifs that had been inspired by the 1500 year old cave paintings of
nearby regions.
The Nariyal zaal, ghevar zaal motifs (Designs
from Taj Mahal paintings), and others like Saj, Dakmandwa, Chameli or Jasmine
flower, Maithir or the mushroom, leheriya or jurvaria (designs of small dots on
a field) were experimented as block print designs.
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He also had blocks made based on the Jaali
work found in the Tajmahal and local forts. Initially he made use of Red and
Black colors from alum and corroded iron and discovered green and yellow from
vegetable dyes.
Till then it was an art of drawing and designs on paper. With
his transfer of the block designs to fabrics he revolutionized the art.
Never before had such beautiful, exotic and captivating designs
been seen on fabrics and by the use of these fast colors he got Bagh Prints to
be noticed and accepted as a new form of adorning fabrics.
To prove
his point that handloom fabrics were well-suited for such prints, he printed
1230 different blocks on a single bed cover with imagination and logic.
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This fetched him the National Award and then on appreciation
nationwide for the Bagh Printed sarees. Today Bagh side by side incorporates
modern day designs, involving geometrical patterns, captivating bootis, floral
scapes and what not, to keep in the race.
Bagh Prints
were initially made on handloom cotton sarees. Looking to the successful
outcome Bagh was also tried out on wedding tussar silk sarees and crepe to the same
end. The Bagh process seems simple but is quite elaborate and with a lot of
washes for the fabric.
The fabric is soaked overnight in water and dried. Next a paste
of goat droppings, raw salt, castor oil and water is made and the fabric is put
in it, stamped upon till it is completely soaked.
The fabric is laid out on a
layered slope surface so that the water runs down and it dries.
Again washed by water it is ready to be
printed upon. A wooden tray with a bamboo ‘Jaali’ fitted has red and black
paste applied on it. Layers of thick wet cloth placed on these colors soak them
up.
The block
is dipped in the colors and placed lightly on the stretched out fabric on a
flat surface like a smooth stone slab table with seven layers of jute on it.
Printing of the designs done similarly across the length of the
fabric, the sari is dried and kept aside for some days.
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Then it is washed in
the nearby flowing Baghini river, dried, put in a cauldron containing a mix of
Dhawadi flowers, Alzarin, and Tapai and dried one last time. The Bagh Printed
fabric is complete.
Bagh Prints
are seen on the Maheshwari cotton sarees, georgette sarees and chiffon fabrics as well as
the Chanderi cotton sarees and chanderi sico sarees. Single design motifs are printed
on the field, the borders are matched with same color different shade or golden
zari, but the pallu or end piece is like a designer affair.
There are several block
prints of different designs combined in a pattern and interspersed with large
booti sections. Plenty of colors, lots of designer fare!
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