A skilled young woman woodblock printing a design onto cotton cloth. Manikganj, Bangladesh

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Woodblock printing cloth. Manikganj, Bangladesh. Woodblock printing on textiles is the process of printing patterns on textiles, usually of linen, cotton or silk, by means of incised wooden blocks. It is the earliest, simplest and slowest of all methods of textile printing. Block printing by hand is a slow process. It is, however, capable of yielding highly artistic results, some of which are unobtainable by any other method.

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Location: Manikganj, Bangladesh
Photo credit: © Neil Cooper / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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