Textile Consumption Textiles are commonly associated with clothing and soft furnishings, an association that accounts for the great emphasis on style and design in textiles. These consume a large portion of total industry production. Changing uses of fabric in apparel Great changes have occurr... read more
Screen printing Screen printing may be a hand operation or an automatic machine process. The cloth is first laid on a printing table, gummed in position or pinned to a back gray, and then the design is applied through a screen made of silk or nylon gauze stretched over a wooden or metal frame, on w... read more
Roller printing This technique is used whenever long runs of fabric are to be printed with the same design. The modern machine, based on one originally devised in 1783, consists of a large central cast-iron cylinder over which passes a thick endless blanket providing a resilient support for the fabr... read more
Printing is a process of decorating textile fabrics by application of pigments, dyes, or other related materials in the form of patterns. Block printing The wood block with embossed design is made of strong wood, or a material that glues fine-grained wood with cheap wood. When a large area is incl... read more
Painting Printing is a process of decorating textile fabrics by application of pigments, dyes, or other related materials in the form of patterns. Although apparently developed from the hand painting of fabrics, such methods are also of great antiquity. There is evidence of printing being carried o... read more