While working on her doctorate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC Davis, Megna Hari spends her free time creating block printed cards inspired by iconic UC Davis landmarks. “I have always ...

‘Lahu Human Scenery’ portrays the traditional lives of the Lahu ethnic group in Pu’er, Yunnan province (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) The group of artists, struggling to make ends meet, were faced with a ...

A woman visits an exhibition of Shizhuzhai woodblock at the provincial art museum in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 31, 2018. Over 100 pieces of woodblock printing works were displayed ...

Block printing in the subcontinent originally has its roots in the Indus Valley civilisation, where the famous Sindhi ajrak was also handcrafted and dyed. While the essence of this technique is over ...

“I have been doing block printing work for the past 20 years with my husband,” 40-year-old Musarrat Fayyaz tells The News on Sunday (TNS). “Our family has been associated with the centuries-old art ...

Woodblock printing is a quintessential example of art transcending history and border throughout the South Asian subcontinent. It originated in China, and remained to be the most non-communal method ...

A craftsperson paints a print featuring a plump baby holding a large fish with a lotus in the background－a classic image of Yangliuqing woodblock New Year prints. Yangliuqing Woodblock Printing was ...

KARACHI: It was a slow day at work for Amjad Ahmed. But then, almost every day had been so for the past few years. Ahmed, who runs a block printing shop in North Karachi, has been working since the ...