I came home from Bhutan in October with a few more pieces to add to my collection. The most special to me of these is a kera (belt) woven and worn by my monk friend.
2019 additions to my Bhutanese collection
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Latest Bhutanese purchases
I loved going back to Bhutan with a decent amount of savings this time, meaning I could buy some of the high quality pieces I had only been able to collect as photos in 2011. Continue reading
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Kuala Lumpur: National Textiles Museum
I have Air Asia to thank for discovering this museum: they cancelled my onward connection Kuala Lumpur to Vientiane and gave me a whole day to fill in KL. Continue reading
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Toda Embroidery Techniques
Beyond Koranur near Ooty, Tamil Nadu, these Toda women embroidered black and red synthetic yarn onto cream fabric to produce designs that look from a distance as if they are woven into the fabric.
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Ooty: Toda Embroidery
These striking fabrics are produced by the Toda women living in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu. Glancing only briefly at them in Ooty shops I had presumed the patterns were woven, but Continue reading
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Patola Techniques
Patola is created by tying and dying a pattern into both the warp and weft threads, which are laboriously aligned during the weaving process.
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Patan: Patola
Patan in Gujarat is famous for the tradition of weaving patola, or double ikat since the 12th century. The process of tie-dyeing both warp and weft threads with such a fine pattern, and weaving so as to align these patterns in both sets of threads requires enormous skill and care. Continue reading
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Sapa: Black Hmong
Hemp production and indigo dyeing are still practised by the Black Hmong around Sapa, as well as beautiful embroidery to embellish their outfits. Continue reading
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Ajarakh Blocks
Just beautiful in their own right, these blocks come in sets of three. Continue reading
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Ajarakh
These beautiful fabrics are produced by an involved block-printing and dyeing process that takes 10-16 days to complete.
