BEHIND THE SCENES: BLOCKSHOP

Had the awesome opportunity to visit the downtown Studio of Block Shop textiles. The founder, Hopie Stockman shared her sketchbook and sources of inspiration, while I got to photograph the art filled studio. 

Block Shop began as an art project in 2010. Lily, a visual artist, was studying painting in Jaipur when her search for the best natural dyes led her to the print shop of a fifth-generation master printer. After creating a series of unstructured paintings on cotton-silk fabric, Lily sent prototypes to her sister Hopie in California. Six months later, Hopie traveled to India to see the process for herself, and formed a partnership with what is now our cooperative of printers.