Silk weaving

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Praewa Thai silk fabric is often called the "Queen of Thai Silk". Visit the small village of Baan Phon and see the Praewa silk weavers at work.

Handloom Weaving: Ilkal saree is woven in cotton along with art silk, with a border and a pallu of art silk or in mixed art silk and cotton. It is also woven with a silk border and pallu or even a body of silk and cotton with a silk border and pallu. Saree’s with a pure silk body, border and pallu with silk, art silk or cotton are later introductions. Gomi border and chikki paras’ border are the two types of borders observed in the Ilkal saree. Chikki means dots or stars and kaddi, kondi…

On the banks of the Ganges River, ancient looms and their artisans are working again, thanks to outside help.

At 26 picks per inch, the weaving goes very quickly. I'm nearly done with the first scarf on the warp. Unlike the draft...

Learn about the history of traditional fabrics of Thailand-Thai silk & cotton. 3,000 years of fabric history in an easy 15 minute read.

Ca.1897-1900 T. ENAMI Glass Slide from a Stereoview. Enami the artist was also Enami the documentary maker. He photographed many labor and factory scenes like this. Here's another example of many on this photostream : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/3286612006/ ********************************************** HAPPY 150TH, T. ENAMI ! FEBRUARY 17, 2009. SESQUICENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY. In honor of T. Enami’s 150th Birthday, the above is a one of a large SLIDE SHOW of his old images of…

South India Tamil nadu © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com

i apologize in advance for the size of this post, but we just loved luang prabang. it's impossible to convey in words just how special this town is, so i will let the images do the talking for me. we spent the majority of our visit wandering up and down the city streets, admi

The historic city of Patan is famous for its Patola silk weavers. Patola is one of the most intricate forms of weaving in the world which involves dyeing both the warp and weft threads according to the final design before setting them on the loom for weaving. These weavers belong to the Salvi community and are believed to have come here from South India during the patronage of the Solankis who reigned over Gujarat in the 11th and 12th centuries. Once there were 700 weaver families in Patan…