Socio-economic status of Chhipa: The Hand-block Printers of Sanganer

Archival sources confirm the oral tradition that Sawai Jai Singh invited artists and craftsmen from different parts of the country to settle at Jaipur. From amongst them were Chippa the printers who have mastered the art of hand block printing with the use of organic colors, which were environment friendly and the base cloth used was soothing to skin in harsh weather of Rajasthan. Later the screen printing technology invaded the hand block printing that used chemical colors. Across sectional descriptive study was carried out with the artisans who were engaged in hand block printing units in Sanganer, Jaipur. The idea was to understand the how it impacted their socio-economic status.