Category Archives: India
Indian Textiles
i love Indian textiles – just want to show you some close ups of some displayed at the Beyond peacocks & paisleys, Handcrafted Textiles of India and its Neighbors exhibition, in the Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota College of Design. i had to walk passed the gallery everyday to get to and from the workshop i attended after […]
Read More...Wrapped Trees
As part of a project for my studies, I wrapped 4 different types of trees, each in a length of unbleached cotton tied with jute string. For weeks now I have been looking for some interaction with the cloth. but there has been nothing, except that the cloth is beginning to fall off the tree, […]
Read More...Maggie’s Interview with Julia Caprara
I have just reread the interview Maggi Grey did with Julia Caprara in her Workshop on the Web e-zine, May 2007. It is such a good interview. You can hear Julia’s enthusiasm and zest for life as she talks.It hints at all of the things Julia was involved in. The background of her and her […]
Read More...More Colour for Julia Caprara
…from India Last week I ordered Julia’s new ‘Exploring Colour’ book from D4daisy,http://www.d4daisy.com/. I have read so many positive reviews of it. Each time the doorbell goes I think it must be the postman with my book . I must be patient.But, when it arrives I am going to stop everything, make a cup of […]
Read More...Julia Caprara
I am filling my blog space with colour today to remember Julia Caprara who passed away on Friday. Julia was one of the doyennes of the art world. People all around the planet will be feeling a sense of loss. Many will be wondering how they will cope without her. But no one more than […]
Read More...Hand Printing Blocks, India
This highly skilled craftsman carves intricate blocks for printing fabric. He carves ancient designs and he takes on commissions for new designs. See the Canadian designs on the left. He is making blocks for a Canadian textile artist.
Read More...More Stages in Hand Block Resist Dying
Stage 5 -Washing removes the printing gums. Stage 6 – The textile is immersed in a hot alizarin bath for 1 hour to devlop the 2 shades of red. Stage 7 – Mud-resist paste (clay-earth & gum) is applied with blocks to mask out areas of the design to remain red or white. Sprinkled with […]
Read More...Anokhi Museum, Amber, Jaipur
The Anokhi company, among other activities, helped revive the local hand block printing industry by supporting artisans & their families. It produces block printed garments & products that they sell in their Indian & international retail outlets. They renovated & restored this old mansion and established a museum to showcase the history of hand block […]
Read More...Carpet Weavers in India
The wool yarn is wrapped, knotted & cut in one quick motion. Naturally dyed yarns from Ibyx goats, sheep and silk worms are used in the carpets. Dyed skeins are wound into sausage-shaped balls. The finished carpet is washed with water & salt then left out in the sun to dry for up to 2 […]
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