Related Keywords: calico material, cotton, hand print art, Ottoman printmaking tradition, textile fabrics, Tokat style printmaking
Group of artists from Western Turkey's Izmir province seek to revive the 700-year-old Ottoman printmaking tradition, Tokat style printmaking, also called calico printing, is a hand print art in which patterns are imprinted on textile fabrics, usually of cotton or calico material.
It's named for its birthplace, the Tokat province of mid northern Turkey. Calico printing is an ancient art that originated in India and Turkey.
The bright patterned fabrics were imported by European countries until the late 17th century, when the techniques of production were imitated there as well.
