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Bandhani designs: dot field, ring rosette, figure motif in three styles

Bandhani — Fields of tiny white rings on a saturated ground, each ring the print of one bound knot, the rings ordered into diagonal lines and lozenges, a darker dot at the centre of each where dye crept in, the cloth still faintly crinkled from the ties., bandhani tie-resist on fine silk georgette, thousands of thread-bound points, a light bath then a dark one

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Reading 1Dot field
Reading 2Hunting field
Reading 3Squared garden

Bandhani is Kutch and Marwar's tie-dye: cloth pinched into thousands of points, bound, dyed light then dark, then pulled open so every knot leaves a white ring. These nine carry a dot field, a ring rosette and a figure motif through white-ring tie-dye, a light-bath colourway and a dark-bath colourway. Ask for a different figure worked in the dots and the same three tie-dye styles carry it.

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Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?
Each design is drawn as a seamless repeat at A3 proportions with an even margin, so it prints clean at A3 or scales to A4 or a fabric swatch.
Can I ask for a different figure worked into the dots?
Yes — the direction field takes any figure you name, and the same three tie-dye styles render it in the dot field.
What's the difference between the three styles?
The white-ring style shows the classic bandhani dot with its pale halo; the light-bath colourway keeps the ground pastel; the dark-bath colourway deepens the dyed ground while the rings stay bright.
Is this respectful of real bandhani craft?
The set draws on the Kutch and Marwar tie-dye technique as a style reference for a generated print, not a reproduction of any specific artisan's or workshop's cloth, and not a claim to be hand-tied textile.

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