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. 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. 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.
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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.
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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. 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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