Category Archives: Other Bhutanese Textiles

2018 Textile Tour of Bhutan

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Textile Tour Bhutan

I’m delighted to release the 2018 Textile Tour of Bhutan, a collaboration between Textile Trails and Druk Siddhi Tours.

This unique tour is designed to connect you with locals and offer hands on experiences.

This magical journey will wind through fertile valleys and villages, traversing the country to reach the little-visited textile heartland of ‘kushutara’ in Eastern Bhutan. This trip is designed to deepen your experience of this fascinating country with a focus on Bhutanese textiles and interactions with locals.
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New Thrima Exhibition at RTA in Thimphu, Bhutan

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What a wonderful time to be visiting Bhutan! I love the thrima technique and will be there in December to see this new exhibition.  Continue reading →

Imitating textiles: Bhutan

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P1240050Recently I wrote about the imitation of shibori in embroideries on display in the exhibition China: Through the Lens of John Thomson at the National Textile Museum in Washington, DC (Textiles Imitating Textiles).

A few days ago, I was privileged to view the beautiful textiles submitted for Bhutan’s national textile competition and enjoyed another embroidery that beautifully portrayed textiles. 
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Bhutan: Royal Textile Academy Fashion Show

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RTA fashion parade

Recently I enjoyed browsing through the sumptuous kushutara brocades paraded down the catwalk at the Window to Woven Dreams fashion show held at the opening of the new Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan. Continue reading →

Royal Wedding Outfits

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Recently the King of Bhutan married his bride, Jetsun Pema. Watching the ceremony taking place in Punakha, I heard Bhutanese wondering why the King was wearing floral brocade rather than one of his many handsome aikapur ghos, which they considered more typically Bhutanese. Continue reading →