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Resist-and-mordant block print on cotton in natural indigo and madder, by the Khatri families of Kutch.
Printed on both faces; a real one reads the same from either side.
About three weeks a piece, in 8 to 16 steps depending on who counts.
Kutch Ajrakh GI granted 2024.
Cold wash, separately for the first few washes; the colour settles deeper, it does not fade.

Second Craft

Tie-dyed by hand on cotton or silk, each dot a point pinched up and bound with thread by Khatri women of Kutch and Jamnagar.
The design is tied, never printed; the pattern is the cluster of tiny white rings the thread kept dry.
A fine odhani can carry tens of thousands of knots, tied over days to weeks.
Jamnagari Bandhani GI granted 2016.
First wash cold with a spoon of salt; leave the puckered texture alone, do not iron it flat.

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