Monday, June 1, 2009

Outside the blockprinting center, these young, beautiful women take a break from quilting to braid hair.
Carefully blockprinting. Notice the corners where she has used a piece of paper to mask the fabric to make a diagonal corner.

Cutting fabric. Check out the patterns on the wall.
Block for printing on fabric.
Blocks for printing on fabric.




At the Jaipur Palace Museum, this man wrapped his turban for us. We think it was 18 feet of fabric. He wraps this every morning.
Vendors across the street from the Palace of the Winds.

Beautiful camel leather shoes for sale.
At Jantar Mantar, an atronomical observatory built in the 18th century, we see the largets sundial in the world. It is accurate to two-tenths of a second.

How many numbers do you need to call for fire service?
The Palace of the Winds is actually a thin facade which allowed women to discreetly see what was going on below.

Seen on the streets of Jaipur. Better hope that load is well secured.

A street in the Pink City, Jaipur.

A floating Palace, Jaipur.