here are pictures from a rather hot but pleasurable morning, spent choosing antique blocks to be added to my 'library.' i was lucky to have my daughter mehrunnisa with me, to take pictures.
about blocks: they are carved out of shisham, or rosewood, and range from filgree borders to heavier motifs, both of which are featured in the photographs. traditionally they were used for multiple purposes, from making block printed sheets, table coverings, chaddar, dupatta and suiting materials, to marking out designs for hand embroiderers.
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assessing designs, difficult when you
are faced with a huge box of them! |
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a filigree block. i enjoy working with blocks that
have an irregular edge, such as this one |
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my daughter mehrunnisa,
reflected in the mirror in the stairway |
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| shortlisting the blocks |
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looking at the possibilities for
combining different designs |
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| my final choice |
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| with ghafur khudaybirdigh and nadia in the office at pak turk enterprises |
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| blocks as stored at the block printer's |
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some of my blocks,
stored rather differently in my studio |
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| one of my favourite filigree blocks |
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