2022 Textile Tour of Bhutan

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I am delighted to announce Textile Trails’ 2022 Tour of Bhutan!

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Kushutara presentations & workshops in Sydney and west coast USA & Canada 2019

I have some classes & presentations on Bhutanese textiles scheduled for 2019 in Sydney and on the west coast of the US & Canada.

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Laos: Making a new pattern heddle

IMG_5592 PMTo create a new pattern heddle storage system, the weaver begins with her loom warped with the warp threads passing through a pair of fixed heddles for the ground weave, and then behind that, each warp end passing through it’s own long vertical string heddle. Continue reading

Vientiane: Phaeng Mai Gallery

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I saw this impressive piece covered in sihos (mythical lion-elephant creatures) pregnant with double-headed nagas (protective river serpents) and carrying their young and a frogman (or perhaps an ancestor spirit) on their backs at Phaeng Mai Gallery in Vientiane. Continue reading