tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36022590285469467132024-02-19T02:56:41.446-05:00AtelierOMOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171570647939501913noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602259028546946713.post-56943473687843228272015-06-15T20:52:00.000-04:002020-11-05T03:04:42.092-05:00What does FAIR TRADE actually mean ........<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>"Free trade is the most effective poverty reduction strategy the world has ever seen." Economic growth empowers people not selective production consumed by the few that want to feel good about their coffees and chocolates. Agricultural communities throughout the developing world dream to join the modern world but are being held back in their development because Fairtrade has some romantic notion it is good for them and US.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Does that mean that everyone needs to be paid fair prices or do they leave many out of the equation?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">and then the issue of monopoly comes into play, </span></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="line-height: 28px;">already-poor farmers actually have to pay to join up to the Fairtrade scheme. And in doing so, they also have to ensure that their business meets certain requirements, whether it is in their long-term interests or not.</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 28px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Fairtrade Foundation demands certain things of the producers if they are to be accepted on to the scheme. For example, producers have to employ what the Fairtrade Foundation deems to be ‘environmentally sound agricultural practices’ and, to qualify as small producers, they have to ‘rely mainly on their own or their family’s labour’. It’s almost cruelly ironic: while champions of Fairtrade claim it is freeing producers from the exploitative relations of the market, it simultaneously ties them into the oppressive and exploitative moral relations of ‘us’ and ‘them’. They have to stick to the letter of ‘our’ vision of the world, in all its sustainable, anti-growth glory. That is, in exchange for a marginally better deal on the market, producers have to adhere to what the Fairtrade Foundation deems to be the right way of farming or harvesting.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #222222; font-style: italic;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">"</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px;">At the start of the annual </span><a class=" u-underline" data-component="in-body-link" data-link-name="in body link" href="http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/get_involved/fairtrade_fortnight/fairtrade_fortnight_2008/default.aspx" style="-webkit-transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; color: #005689; cursor: pointer; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none !important; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out initial;">Fairtrade Fortnight</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"><i>, a highly critical report by the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) warns that it is little more than a marketing exercise intended to maintain fair trade's predominance in an increasingly competitive marketplace. It says fair trade is "unfair" because if offers only a very small number of farmers a higher, fixed priced for their goods. These higher prices come at the expense of the great majority of farmers, it says, who - unable to qualify for Fairtrade certification - are left even worse off....</i></span><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">four-fifths of the produce sold by Fairtrade-certified farmers ends up in non-fair trade goods, and typically just 10% of the premium consumers pay for fair trade actually goes to the producer.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">" (read the whole report <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/feb/25/fairtrade.report">here</a>)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It doesn’t take a psychologist to notice that there is something more than a bit narcissistic about ethical, Fairtrade-conscious shopping. It really is all about ‘us’. Yes, there may be a lot of accompanying PR guff about how <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">our</i> consumer choices over here are making <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">their</i> lives better over there, in Africa for instance. But as it is conceived here, the world of production, whether one is thinking of the harvesting of sugar beet or the farming of cocoa, functions as little more than a mirror in which we are encouraged to see ourselves – see ourselves, that is, as good, as morally virtuous. This is not feelgood shopping. This is feel-good-about-yourself shopping.</span></div>
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Before dyeing your fabrics they are often treated with a mordant solution. A mordant helps to fix the colours: in everyday terms it bites into the fabric and gives the natural dye something to fix on - indeed the word mordant means 'cutting' or 'biting' in French.</div>
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Not all natural dyes need mordants as they can be strong enough to fix to the fabric without the need of something to fix them. Onion skins, turmeric and tea are all such dyes and if you have ever spilt a curry or a cup of tea down a white garment then you have seen one of these dyes in action.</div>
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There are a wide range of different substances that can be used as mordants and some are fairly toxic. However, there are plenty that most people will feel comfortable with, including vinegar, salt and not so common substances such as alum. Alum is shorthand for aluminium potassium sulphate, which is used in the manufacture of baking powder.</div>
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Madder (Rubia tinctorum) has been the plant of choice when creating a red dye over the last 5000 years and traces of madder dyed linen were found in the tomb of Tutankhamen. The vivid red colour from madder dyed clothes has meant that it has always been a popular plant when home dyeing.</div>
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As it is the root of the plant that is needed, it will be difficult to source from the wild, therefore madder is best grown from seed sown in springtime. It then takes about three years for it to reach its maximum yield. If you can't wait that long then you can buy some online at a fairly reasonable price.</div>
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To make a madder dye, first dig your roots and wash and chop them. Then place 350g of freshly harvest roots, or 50g of dried, into water for 24 hours. Unfortunately, you will need to then discard this water and cover the roots again with 5 litres of fresh water.</div>
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Grab a hand blender and blend all of the roots. The next step is one familiar to any home brewers as you will need to ferment the dye. As you don't really want to dye any of your home brew equipment, it is best to use a separate bucket with a lid for this job. (It is also good practice not to mix equipment used for foodstuffs with home dye equipment). Or you could just tie a plastic bag to an old bucket. Leave this for a week.</div>
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Soak the yarn or garment in an alum mordant for three to four hours. Strain the liquid from the bucket using a sieve and compost the mush. Leave your garment in the strained liquid for a couple of days, and voilà it will have turned red!</div>
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Yellow is perhaps one of the easier dyes to obtain naturally. It can be obtained from a variety of sources including onion skins, tumeric, cold tea and rhubarb. Or if you would like to obtain it from the wild in can be extracted from tansy, the aptly named dyers chamomile and from dyers greenweed.</div>
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To extract the yellow dye from the above plants, cut up your plants and stand them in cold water for 24 hours. Then boil for 1 hour. You will need roughly 9 litres of dyed water for 250g of wool. Ensure that the colour is vivid - if not, add more of your plant material and then strain. Dip the wool or garment into the warm solution and leave overnight to dye. If using tumeric or onion skins (although onion skins are not that vivid) you won't need a mordant.</div>
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OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171570647939501913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602259028546946713.post-84934173683363491512014-04-30T15:19:00.002-04:002020-11-05T03:05:08.608-05:00faded glory<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Here are some beautiful but faded paintings and details from the walls of the Maharaja's Palace of Bundi, Rajasthan - a small town with a story book palace hidden within their fort in the high hills above the town. The palace was fortunately taken over by a private caretaker/investor as the government of the region would have let places like this crumble to dust before anyone even could take notice.....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000;">Over the past 10 years,</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000;">India’s rapid growth aka Progress has offered
hope of a better life for many, but not everyone, especially India’s living
treasures, it’s rural Artisans and Craftspeople, who now are crying out for
their government’s intervention to help save their traditional cultures and
trades from dying out in the faceoff against massive industrialization. Blatant
profiteering by fellow country folk and other corporate nationals plays like a
good over evil battle with</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000;">global outsourcing
and mergers at the epicenter combined with a real lack of any national
environmental concern or guidance. Some of the real issues at the forefront of
the planet’s Spiritual Motherland highlight multiple tiers of hazard and
hardship and perhaps are best symbolized by the pesticide ingesting suicides of
over 200,000 destitute cotton farmers whose</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000;">crop
failure can often be traced to the planting of expensive genetically modified
breeds of cotton in tandem with the chemicals required to maintain them. Slowly
farmers are waking up from the placebo effect initiated by false prophets of
toxic farming. The movement back to less expensive, lower-risk organic farming
methods offers a bona fide solution for the entire cotton-growing crisis in
India but without a sea change in world demand, agriculture policy and
practices, thousands of Indian farmers and artisans are destined for a downward
spiral.</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">July 2012 Preparing THE ORGANIC FIELD for sowing - photo by <b>Kshitish Das</b>/Odisha</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white;">Our re:Evolution began during the summer monsoon of 2012 on 4 acres
of land with the planting of non GMO cotton variety Organic seeds in
coordination with tribal farmers and a local weavers society in the most
neglected region of India. Atelier<b>OM</b></span> <span style="background-color: white;">commits wholeheartedly to support this transition toward
certification as “Organic” and will encourage a radial expansion of farming
to consumer projects across borders with the intention to grow and market superior
and sustainable regional textiles that ultimately benefit partners and
their communities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white;">All in all the textiles and production mission of Atelier<b>OM</b>
is to encourage the healthful shift toward organic farming, away from pesticides
and other harmful practices involved with use of synthetic dyes and to simultaneously encourage
solutions in the over usage of energy and water all along textile processes. </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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it is our goal to become one of the most ethical and environmentally concerned
vertical sources for Indian materials and products made collaboratively with
traditional Artisans, young local Designers and Village Farmers.Due diligence
is our mantra - with every supplier initiated into an inner circle of our
collective as an eco conscious partners.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Batik </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">is best known as a cloth that is traditionally made using manual </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resist_dyeing" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Resist dyeing"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">wax - resist</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Dye"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">dyeing</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> techniques. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It is a method of textile decoration executed by partially coating the cloth in designs of wax and then dyeing the cloth with color, often repeated multiple times. The waxed areas keep the original underlying color and dye takes everywhere else. When the wax is removed by washing, the contrast between the dyed and undyed areas makes patterns. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">To create intricate unique designs, an</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> artist may employ etching, discharge dyeing, stencils and use a variety of different tools for waxing and dyeing. There are even various wax recipes with different resist values. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Artisans may work with silk, cotton, wool, leather, paper, or even wood and ceramics with cold dyes in natural or synthetic colors. </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Some of the best effects in batik are often achieved by chance.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Discoveries show batik already existed as an ancient art form in </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">in 4th century BCE </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Egypt where it was used to wrap mummies - linen was soaked in wax and fine designs were made by the use of a sharp tool. In Africa, it was originally practised by the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_people" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Yoruba people"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Yoruba</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> tribe in Nigeria, </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soninke_people" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Soninke people"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Soninke</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> and </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolof_people" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Wolof people"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Wolof</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> in Senegal.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In Asia, the technique was practiced and perfected in China during the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Dynasty" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Tang Dynasty"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">T'ang</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> dynasty (618-907 CE), in Japan during the </span></span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_Period" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Nara Period"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Nara</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> period (645-794 CE. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">While Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand are known for their block printing (tjab) method to create batik on a large scale, batik is still predominately made by hand in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sri Lanka and India.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The history of Indian batik can be traced back 2000 years. Indians were conversant with the resist method of printing designs on cotton fabrics long before any other nation had even tried it. Rice starch and wax were initially used for printing on fabrics. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The revival of batik in India began in the 20th century when it was introduced as a subject at the famous university started by Rabindranath Tagore at Shantiniketan near Calcutta, West Bengal.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Indians have been considered forerunners in the art of natural dyeing. Natural dyes find use in the colouring of textiles, drugs, cosmetics, etc. Owing to their non- toxic effects, they are also used for colouring various food products. In India, there are more than 450 plants that can yield dyes. In addition to their dye-yielding characteristics, some of these plants also possess medicinal value. Though there is a large plant resource base, little has been exploited so far. Due to lack of availability of precise technical knowledge on the extracting and dyeing technique, it has not commercially succeeded like the synthetic dyes.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Dyes do not interact directly with the materials they are intended to colour. Natural dyes are substantive and require a mordant to fix to the fabric, and prevent the colour from either fading with exposure to light or washing out. These compounds bind the natural dyes to the fabrics. A mordant is an element which aids the chemical reaction that takes place between the dye and the fibre, so that the dye is ab- sorbed. Containers used for dying must be non-reactive (enamel, stainless steel). Brass, copper or iron pots will do their own mordanting.</span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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Optimized natural dye powders of </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Acacia catechu </span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(L.f.) 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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: justify;">a great online presentation of </span><a href="http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Savin-45697-Khadi-Presentation-presentat-Education-ppt-powerpoint/" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: justify;">homespun cotton</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> .</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: justify;">Our post "</span><a href="http://atelierom.blogspot.in/2011/04/will-real-khadi-please-stand-up.html" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: justify;">will the real HOMESPUN COTTON please stand up</a><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: justify;">" from 4/11. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: justify;">our blog solely about native cloth and our apparel collections in homespun handwoven fibres - </span><a href="http://www.omkhadi.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: justify;">OMkhadi.blogspot.com</a></li>
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Our fabric necklaces handmade in Cambodia by a fair trade organization supports the livelihood of vulnerable artisans who create from various remnant waste in fabric and metals(bullets & bombshell casings - yes you heard me correctly).</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">AHIMSA is an important tenet of Indian religions: Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Hindus do not substantially differentiate the soul within a human body from that of an animal. The question of moral duties towards animals and of negative karma incurred from violence against them, is discussed in detail in some Hindu scriptures and religious law books. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">There are some Jains(a religious group with many similarities to Buddhists) who take this philosophy so deeply to heart that they avoid killing even the smallest creatures, and provide special houses where insects swept up in household dirt can live out their lives. The expression of this philosophy, particularly in Western culture, is not usually so extreme - but it gives a good example of strict interpretations of the AHIMSA path.</span></span></div>
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OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171570647939501913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602259028546946713.post-1289550072787878322011-06-22T07:22:00.012-04:002011-06-23T09:39:35.348-04:00I heart elephants<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Did you know "the Heart of an elephant weighs between 20-30 kg (40 and 60 pounds) and beats about 30 times a minute? </span></span><q><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Indian elephants are largest weighing 8,000 and 9,000 pounds. In general, the smallest animals have the highest heart rates. The canary has been reported to have a rate of 1,000 beats, and the large domestic animals show rates of 40 or 50 beats. The elephant, with a rate of about 30 beats, fits perfectly into the picture, being the largest animal and having the lowest heart rate of any of the animals thus far studied.</span></span></q><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">from</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">The Heart Rate of the Elephant by Francis G. Benedict, Robert C. Lee</span></span></span></span></div></span><br />
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I have been to India umpteen times but somehow, every time I manage to find some treasure trove with which I become completely obsessed. So the 2011 search for the new procured these animate elephant handworked pillowcovers which have probably been around forever, they are hanging all over the lanes of the main bazaar PaharGanj, but just recently some variations in stonewashed fabrics & florescent threadworks have caught my eye in one Rajasthali shop in Delhi.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucZirWT4fzp4Y7kFIzexvFAvo_zWrpizjiJg68WiPrSbG5qYuywGcBM527Q3kaV-qWPwVcZkBgB-UmU5OeZtK64uPfcef_ocxjy0_FaGZNqeyWPEfFlqxWOVW29K_Zws2sWFgX3jDjp8/s1600/IMG_3387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucZirWT4fzp4Y7kFIzexvFAvo_zWrpizjiJg68WiPrSbG5qYuywGcBM527Q3kaV-qWPwVcZkBgB-UmU5OeZtK64uPfcef_ocxjy0_FaGZNqeyWPEfFlqxWOVW29K_Zws2sWFgX3jDjp8/s320/IMG_3387.JPG" width="320" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<b><span style="color: #860004;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sambalpuri Saree</span></span></b><span style="color: #860004;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> is a traditional handwoven IKAT saree. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">For those unfamiliar, a</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #860004;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> saree is simply</span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> an unstitched cloth, ranging in length from four to nine metres of silk or cotton</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #860004;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> which is then</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #860004;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> draped and pleated skillfully, elegantly over the body in various styles, depending on region and occasion - to create one of the most fashionable looks ever for a woman!(</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">see my other post about saree styles)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #860004;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The most skilled IKAT weavings are produced in </span><span style="color: #860004; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Bargarh</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">, </span><span style="color: #860004; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sonepur</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">, </span><span style="color: #860004; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sambalpur</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> and nearby districts of </span><span style="color: #860004; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Odisha</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">. Most of them have been named after the places of their origin, and are popularly known as </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">PATA</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><o:p></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #860004;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">These PATA sarees are known for their traditional motifs, like </span><span style="color: #860004; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">shankha</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> (shell), </span><span style="color: #860004; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">chakra</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> (wheel), phula (flower) - all with deep symbolism. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #860004;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It is believed that this art migrated to Western Orissa along with the Bhulia community who fled Northern India in the year 1192AD after the fall of </span><span style="color: #860004; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Chouhan</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> empire at the hands of the </span><span style="color: #860004; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Mughals</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">. Since then up to the year 1925 the traditional craft flourished in Western Odisha in a limited number of designs & natural vegetable colorings which represented the identity of different</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #860004;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> village women. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #860004;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Unfortunately now those natural dyes are an uncommon part of the process, though still in existence for high end cosmopolitan clientele and the cotton versions are still worn by local tribal women who maintain the consistency of this dress. These sarees were originally known as 'Bhulia-Kapta'. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #720007;">The traditional craftsmanship of the 'Bandhakala', the Tie-Dye Art, is integral to the intricate weaves of IKAT. In this meticulous technique, s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #720007;">mall bundles</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #720007;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #720007;">of the </span><span style="color: #720007;">silk/cotton threads</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #720007;"> </span><span style="color: #720007;">are tied/wrapped by hand(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #720007;">called 'Baandha') </span><span style="color: #720007;">while fixed on a large horizontal portable frame </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #720007;">according to the desired end patterns. The weavers most often work from home setting up on the very porches of their traditional mudhouses. Young boys are often employed to do the "bandha" work as the required skills and the design logic applied must be taught from 10 years on to impart the knowledge to become a prolific weaver.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #720007;">This "Bandha" technique </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #720007;">ultimately prevents the absorption of dyes into certain areas of the threads which thus creates the IKAT. T</span><span style="color: #720007;">hese same threads go through various color dyes, re-tyings and design processes before being finally fixed on the wooden loom for the hand weaving of the end fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #720007;">The unique design feature of this IKAT form is that the motifs and patterns are represented almost identically on both side of the fabric. This versatile technique enables a craftsman to weave the multi colored patterns and images into a fabric which often is done to inspire a thought or convey a story. </span><span style="color: #720007;">The entire process sometimes takes a weaver many months thus the costliness of these sarees in silks from $200-$4,000.</span><br />
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a very difficult skill to produce designs in the round and script</div>
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OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171570647939501913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602259028546946713.post-25685600773109172272011-04-20T13:13:00.016-04:002020-11-05T03:15:20.528-05:00will the real HANDMADE COTTON please stand up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In India, there are 2 types of cotton growing: one called "Hill" cotton which is naturally organic & growing wild and then there is "punasa" a farmed variety made with generational seeds(not hybrid). A third variety known as "red" cotton grows </span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">naturally</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> as the color comes to the bush from the soil's nutrients.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">The cotton once picked is then passed on to the "spinners". In cleaning the cotton(ginning process), the spinner uses a fine comb from the jaw of a river fish.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> Caught by specialized fisherfolk from over generations, it has been used to separate the raw difficult short staple cotton from it's seed. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Then a second stage in this process requires the use of a small iron rod in a rolling motion on a block to further remove seeds. This unique ginning process was invented way back before machines and electricity.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">These seeds are then distributed back to farmers for the next season's crop thereby avoiding the need for anything beyond the local variety and keeping the strain pure.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Next is the slivering process and is done with a bow like instrument....</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">fluff cotton....</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and to create rolls called slivers. These are hand made and kept in dried banana stems to use to procure the thread. (see below)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Spinning can now begin - </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">into a fine yarn which can be up to 110 counts in white cottons and 63 counts in red.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The original one wheel charka, Gandhi approved...</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Creating the hank of cotton thread that will be used for the warp & weft, counting under breath so as to separate yarn into 1000 thread hanks.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">cotton hank- top:70 counts/17grams, bottom:100counts/10 grams</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The "boat" containing the thread for the weft - the weaver sends this small wooden vessel between the layers of the warp, back and forth horizontally, then brings the loom arm forward to tighten the weave... thereby creating the true homespun fabric.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">NATIVE COTTON </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">crafted in the traditional method: red(63ct), white(100ct) and natural bleached(100ct). </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> A Most beautiful textile that wears like linen but feels more soft with each wearing - coveted by Indians and designers as a pure fabric.</span></div>
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OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171570647939501913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602259028546946713.post-68859950124716248622011-04-17T23:39:00.007-04:002011-04-18T11:08:50.854-04:00the matrix: warp & weft<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A village of handlooms - the people of west bengal earn their livelihood in processes of weaving fishing and farming.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqOPBDAc0LmHzXZR-wjWc7pWi-0xnHPPCvmqZo87MabvzoApP5hclj-GMByloIH5vKhC7b-fxEnOCZdorAkRAQGY9kG0Ft2QC2QTnX9q8fwYkSv-YiEkRZiIWNcoYhaaiLpNrqY-hIDA/s1600/IMG_5457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqOPBDAc0LmHzXZR-wjWc7pWi-0xnHPPCvmqZo87MabvzoApP5hclj-GMByloIH5vKhC7b-fxEnOCZdorAkRAQGY9kG0Ft2QC2QTnX9q8fwYkSv-YiEkRZiIWNcoYhaaiLpNrqY-hIDA/s320/IMG_5457.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In traditional India women are predominately the spinners of thread as it seems a natural work to manage household chores in between, but a growing number of women move to weaving as spinning is being taken over by the monopolizing low cost of the same from the mills. This woman is at a pitloom created in her "mudhouse" just on the front porch.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqOPBDAc0LmHzXZR-wjWc7pWi-0xnHPPCvmqZo87MabvzoApP5hclj-GMByloIH5vKhC7b-fxEnOCZdorAkRAQGY9kG0Ft2QC2QTnX9q8fwYkSv-YiEkRZiIWNcoYhaaiLpNrqY-hIDA/s1600/IMG_5457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94crgvQQmKPMduA39Vy3nB-FsL2xnOwuz1YR01jdIg6oYl5wbPInuxFszXivO1KBId5aK1lbRadft19E9ZuZkA2pWm_kN05uJD5mlHT-wxnlId7nYzBIr87-wclqtMBFVBI7dlzgsw7o/s1600/IMG_5476.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94crgvQQmKPMduA39Vy3nB-FsL2xnOwuz1YR01jdIg6oYl5wbPInuxFszXivO1KBId5aK1lbRadft19E9ZuZkA2pWm_kN05uJD5mlHT-wxnlId7nYzBIr87-wclqtMBFVBI7dlzgsw7o/s320/IMG_5476.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">in the matrix:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNINNesDMqeswaGaC2PeNzGFuE99icz-eU4GJ0WvUV7LShkM_MrP-4dXEgQj2A4OXtTZNSJUp0S_SHT28KwAZ6NBnzA_hIEuRO0HRMTKTJZX4aJ7z5a1ZmnU-7imdB9JU8ZsZEp2KbTE/s1600/IMG_5466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNINNesDMqeswaGaC2PeNzGFuE99icz-eU4GJ0WvUV7LShkM_MrP-4dXEgQj2A4OXtTZNSJUp0S_SHT28KwAZ6NBnzA_hIEuRO0HRMTKTJZX4aJ7z5a1ZmnU-7imdB9JU8ZsZEp2KbTE/s320/IMG_5466.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A series of weights is attached to the warp to keep it tight and from shifting so that the end textile produced is a fine unobstructed weave.</span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94crgvQQmKPMduA39Vy3nB-FsL2xnOwuz1YR01jdIg6oYl5wbPInuxFszXivO1KBId5aK1lbRadft19E9ZuZkA2pWm_kN05uJD5mlHT-wxnlId7nYzBIr87-wclqtMBFVBI7dlzgsw7o/s1600/IMG_5476.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
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The weft are the threads applied by the weaver horizontally, creatively in the process of weaving. Setting up a loom is an intricate process.(p.s. no electricity required)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgen7d7WScVcFTYCW4VPdzWbjdbHKfMd7RVoyef0Kp8I97-qoWLPk1p_BinzeaVpAxv8cPBxfbjbjL6HxHOvekQG6onKyMQ9kiYuXGThEU62GxfavjNwwEuPMHb37Fw3UF_t_nlhrk6nl0/s1600/IMG_5462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgen7d7WScVcFTYCW4VPdzWbjdbHKfMd7RVoyef0Kp8I97-qoWLPk1p_BinzeaVpAxv8cPBxfbjbjL6HxHOvekQG6onKyMQ9kiYuXGThEU62GxfavjNwwEuPMHb37Fw3UF_t_nlhrk6nl0/s320/IMG_5462.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eQFJgPiSClM1-h5qaG8KepMUx1LANUhp2g3wP7dn6M4ledAW9rVAnf2tsYsW5HXL7oQHjkHh9XznQKgSv3E6M7iycwtBE7T51MZSwoW99DbK2gYOdNede6Lt1txgQTxeOHyu87yZs-0/s1600/IMG_5475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eQFJgPiSClM1-h5qaG8KepMUx1LANUhp2g3wP7dn6M4ledAW9rVAnf2tsYsW5HXL7oQHjkHh9XznQKgSv3E6M7iycwtBE7T51MZSwoW99DbK2gYOdNede6Lt1txgQTxeOHyu87yZs-0/s320/IMG_5475.JPG" width="320" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The looms are quite large and often require a separate building from the house. Some villages build makeshift structures so that a couple of weavers may work together.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwIFYh_lg8M9WaLomx3pebF4rWRDdPIBZZYDzh3eU9EbQOgMLDdUSX917L2QbxZYcOPNqQNMexbvDdqemob51LtxFtQbeDgR_oAaBBMQNVCYF13hjFz64HlIfT0QaNnsGnwbT4DMLNJk/s1600/IMG_5480.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwIFYh_lg8M9WaLomx3pebF4rWRDdPIBZZYDzh3eU9EbQOgMLDdUSX917L2QbxZYcOPNqQNMexbvDdqemob51LtxFtQbeDgR_oAaBBMQNVCYF13hjFz64HlIfT0QaNnsGnwbT4DMLNJk/s320/IMG_5480.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">4 looms in a room(sounds like a children's book)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcg2HGk8VuZk1rk65vW7s-uqmxvqfHx_7Fx16n0ZbvnJ_H7JHbNWXLQw1zsol9a7IW8WJUAOup5b-vo_zZ6HJpqhJ07ALihYbTfrRlWDs9x3yssIoCJBpLIXM27s6dJjGWAHa0q15eOps/s1600/IMG_5469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcg2HGk8VuZk1rk65vW7s-uqmxvqfHx_7Fx16n0ZbvnJ_H7JHbNWXLQw1zsol9a7IW8WJUAOup5b-vo_zZ6HJpqhJ07ALihYbTfrRlWDs9x3yssIoCJBpLIXM27s6dJjGWAHa0q15eOps/s320/IMG_5469.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> F<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">inishing the details of the weft in a saree still on the loom - the raised patch patterns are known as jamdani and are special to Bengal, their extra threads require cutting after weaving.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl54Bw9XCzaOlXDoEVBNOEmu6X2ZzhpCblD_nY83h953hlrdyPJ9JNWEMsbYA9h3b-OhYzQLN_rweBOCHrlDOw_Gi1t_7-tbr_A3_Mw6br5BBZqfluVhwM06fVRxIO1P3D0sD7BhM7XD8/s1600/IMG_5464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl54Bw9XCzaOlXDoEVBNOEmu6X2ZzhpCblD_nY83h953hlrdyPJ9JNWEMsbYA9h3b-OhYzQLN_rweBOCHrlDOw_Gi1t_7-tbr_A3_Mw6br5BBZqfluVhwM06fVRxIO1P3D0sD7BhM7XD8/s320/IMG_5464.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the product: newly woven sarees drying after starching, a natural starch that is used is made from the same flour as chapatis</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXxsVR7ZWXztzg8xyLWL0KdtIt3PwzsTv8RkSsWy8cdCe037Ilnn2y9xvf0ow0Sh_MYpOXWQIEjgmns96DcCMmdePF0RQk2bjcAADUuHrDFtxr7AtZb-nIkLCjfB52R4SsWQTyqUn-cg/s1600/IMG_5427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXxsVR7ZWXztzg8xyLWL0KdtIt3PwzsTv8RkSsWy8cdCe037Ilnn2y9xvf0ow0Sh_MYpOXWQIEjgmns96DcCMmdePF0RQk2bjcAADUuHrDFtxr7AtZb-nIkLCjfB52R4SsWQTyqUn-cg/s320/IMG_5427.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">recycle bags as thread, cut into strips</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">spools of waste bags for recycle cloth handloom weaving</span></span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.khamir.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">KHAMIR</span></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">, which means “intrinsic pride” in the local language of Kachchh,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">is an NGO supported by the government of Gujarat, India. Through education, training and interpretation in the diverse areas of craft, environment and heritage conservation, products and materials are continually developed by the Artisan designers to forge a marketable existence as well as creative partnerships both within the local Artisan and global design community.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><br />
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</span> </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">·</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"> *</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Recycled handloom cloth made from plastic wrappers and assorted bags</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">(see pictures above)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"> to be used for refabrication in a variety of vibrant functional accessories.(</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">beach bag designs soon to follow..........)</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">·</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"> *</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Kala cotton is local, organic, indigenous short/medium staple cotton with it's roots extending back to Indus Valley(Mohenjo Daro) cultivation and is currently and successfully in development for handspun + handloom production of woven goods.(more on that in it's own post)</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">·</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"> *</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Development of a fine soft wool from a limited and special breed of Camel’s hair handspun and loomed from the annual shearing of the herder’s flocks.(stay tuned for a post on this later in the year)</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><br />
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