Name: Cotton Damask Square Napkin
Brand: Sustainable Threads
SKU: TDGB1124
Price: 55.99 USD
Availability: InStock

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About This Product

Make entertaining guests an indulgence with Sustainable Threads' stunning hand block printed, heavyweight cotton napkins! Highly absorbent, they are a great alternative to disposable paper napkins. Packaged with a belly band and a hanger, they make an excellent party favor and host or hostess gift. Kind and caring to the environment, hand block printing is a labor-intensive process that involves carving designs on individual wooden blocks, to which dye is applied and stamped onto the fabric. Numerous careful impressions are required to complete a single finished product. Coordinated tablecloth is available to purchase separately.

Features

100% kora (unprocessed and unbleached) cotton. Hand block printed.
A Fair Trade product. Handmade by artisans in India.
Artisans apply block print patterns to natural, kora cotton - this is unbleached fabric and is the purest form of cotton. To start printing, an artisan evenly applies dye to a hand-carved wooden block. The fabric is then hand-stamped firmly and steadily, leaving a printed pattern. The dye is frequently added to maintain the same intensity of color. Once the printing is finished with a specific color and block, the artisan cleans the block and must wait for the cloth to dry before continuing. This is a deceptively simple art - each piece features dozens, if not hundreds, of careful impressions. The artisan community suffered forced displacement in the late eighties, losing their ancestral homes and farmlands in the process. This work offers a sustainable stheirce of a fair income and an off-farm livelihood.