Our Story

Hand-blocked cotton, printed slowly in India

Chhaap began with a small frustration: Indian block prints were being saved for weddings and kept behind glass. We wanted them on a Tuesday. So we started printing our own — on soft cotton, in short runs, with printers in Bagru and Kutch.
Chhaap

From carved block to finished top

Each motif is carved into seasoned teak, stamped by hand and dyed with a natural mud-resist before the cloth is washed, sun-dried, cut and stitched. Nothing about the process is fast, which is exactly the point.

Hand-Blocked

Teak blocks, stamped by hand

Small Batches

Printed in India

Soft Cotton

Breathable everyday wear

Worldwide Shipping

Dispatched from Jaipur

What Our Customers Say

Prints with a long life, not a short season

We keep our runs short and our fabrics honest. Buy one piece, wear it for years, and let the print soften with every wash.

From The Journal

Notes on block printing, how to care for naturally dyed cotton, and the prints we are carving next.