Chawla Shubham is an artisan specializing in sustainable eco-printing. Botanical elements are steamed onto silk / cotton to create vibrant prints.
Chawla Shubham, an environmental engineer and founder of EcoDrape specializes in eco-printing, a sustainable technique where natural leaves, flowers, and stems are bundled into organic silk or cotton and steamed to transfer vivid, chemical-free prints. His craftwork offer completely unique & non-toxic designs.
Eco-printing uses natural leaves and flowers to create unique, chemical-free patterns on fabric through steaming. It uses only 80–100 litres or less of water per kg, compared to 180–200 litres conventionally, making it a more environmentally sustainable dyeing and printing practice.
Ahmedabad in Gujarat, a UNESCO World Heritage City, reflects Gujarat’s rich craft heritage through Mata Ni Pachedi, Ashavali weaving, Bandhani and traditional textile arts.
In modern fashion, designers use these fabrics to make beautiful dresses, scarves, and shirts. It connects the person wearing the clothes directly to nature, and it is a wonderful example of how ancient ideas about using plants can solve modern pollution problems.
Eco-printing transfers the natural forms and colours of leaves and flowers onto textiles through bundling, binding and heat. Unlike many older regional crafts, it is a relatively contemporary sustainable textile technique, now practiced by artisans in Gujarat.
