Here are the steps for the longer (16-day), traditional printing and dyeing process for Ajarakh production.
The blocks themselves are beautiful. See more here
Wash in camel dung, soda ash & castor oil
Dye pale yellow with myrobalan (nuts)
Print with resist of gum arabic & lime
Print black with iron, jaggery & salt
Print mordant for red dyes: alum & clay
Dye in indigo, twice
Wash in running water
Dye red with alazarin
OR dye red with madder
OR dye red with henna
OR dye red with rhubarb root
Print with resist of gum arabic & clay, alum mordant
Dye indigo
Wash
Boil in alazarin
OR madder
Print with resist of gum arabic & lime
Dye yellow in pomegranate & turmeric to turn blue to green
Wash
