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The Art of Block Printing: How Every Patel & Co Bag Begins in Jaipur

When you run your hand over one of our cotton bags, you're touching something that began its life as a single carved block of wood and a length of plain fabric, half a world away. There are no machines in this story. Just hands, ink, sun, and a craft that has been refined in India for centuries. This is hand block printing, and it's the heartbeat of everything we make at Patel & Co. Here's a closer look at what block printing is, where it comes from, and how a flat piece of cotton becomes the print you carry to the farmers market, the office, or the beach.