Amsamma Block Printing

Amsamma Block Printing is located at H No 1-169 in Puttapaka, Narayanapuram. This is a place where we do everything by hand. The house is where all the work happens. You can see the long tables and the wooden blocks we use for the printing. It is a traditional way of doing things and it takes a lot of time. Our hands are usually stained with different colors by the end of the day. The smell of the dyes is always in the air. We don't have big machines or a factory setup. It is just us working in the rooms of the house. We lay the fabric out and press the blocks down one by one. If you come by, you might see the cloth hanging out to dry in the sun. It is a slow process and sometimes the patterns aren't perfectly straight, but that is what happens when you do it manually. The neighborhood of Narayanapuram is where we have always been. We don't really have a marketing team or a website. Most people find us by word of mouth or by just coming to the door. We focus on the daily tasks of mixing the colors and getting the printing done. It is hard work on the back and the shoulders, but it is what we do. It is just simple block printing from our home where we live and work.