Bagru is a village of traditional blockprinters located near Jaipur, India. Maiwa works very closely with Mahesh Dosaya, who learned the art of blockprinting from his father and grandfather. He and his brother Ramesh run the family textile business which produces everything from garments to bed linens. They have successfully retained the use of natural dyes and the hand techniques that have made their village famous.
Bagru is famous for the craftspeople’s use of local mud to act like a resist and protect certain areas of the cloth from the dye. This mud is known as "dabu."
