TY - BOOK AU - Sabnani, Nina TI - A for Ajrakh: The A to Z of Block Printing SN - 978-9350468586 U1 - CRFT PY - 2017/// CY - . PB - Speaking Tree KW - Craft KW - Painting N1 - What do ancient fragments of cloth found in Egypt have to do with modern-day Gujarat? The answer starts with A — and sets us off through the alphabet, building with blocks of a very different kind! A for Ajrakh, B for Bagh, C for Chhipa… Each letter sparks off an aspect of block printing on textile, so that by Z for Zafran what we get is a fascinating patchwork of the styles, the motifs, the blocks, the dyes, and the skilled people who sustain and invigorate a centuries-old intricate craft ER -