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.
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.
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.
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.
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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