GESTES D'ASIE
GESTES D'ASIE
7-months trip to meet the people and know-how of Southeast Asia. With a group of designers, we traveled 7 countries, observed gestures, exchanged with artisans, discovered cultures and shared, thanks to the textile common language.
Photo credits : Nadège Lecomte, Hanako Stubbe, Florine Fagniot, Zoé Pairault.
October 2018- May 2019
Vietnam
Hanoi street markets.
Indigo dyeing and wax reserve in Lao Cai Region.
Meeting with Red Dao community in Ta Phin, Northern Vietnam.
Pieces of their clothes embroideries. During one afternoon, the embroiderers taught us the basis of their knowledge. They used a bigger weaving as they do to teach their daughters.
Cambodge
Angkor views and sketch from the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.
Warp preparation, winding and workshop of The Weavers Project, in Takeo province
Textile researches made with the weavers to developing new designs.
thailand
Monks in front of horizon line. Wat Phrathat near Chiang Mai.
Tied indigo dyeing for new warp. Backstrap loom weaving. Studio Naenna.
Traditionnal skirt "Pa sin Tin Jok" with geometric pattern border.. The several designs make with gold or metallic yarns represent local identity and heritage.
Mae Cham view.
"Jok" weaving technique by Nussara Tiengkate's weavers in Mae Cham.
Some Karen's tradional clothes during a folk festival, Karens are the most important tribal minority in Thailand.
LAOS
Mist and kids playground around Nong Khiaw. Bambou weaving for a new sticky rice box in Ban Na near Muang Ngoy.
Phousi's mount and the moon, Luang Prabang.
Fabrics made by Tai Daeng & Tai Phuan women in Houaphan and Wieng Khouang, a partnership with OCK POP TOK.
Loom in front of a Muang Ngoy's house.
Dense mist in Nong Khiaw and a small pagoda of Vientiane.
Natural dyeing at Lao Textile Museum in Vientiane.
Weaving of The Weaving Sisters, made with blackstrap loom with white glass beads inclusion.
Workplace and loom at Carol Cassidy's workshop in Vientiane.
The patterns make with discontinuous supplementary weft are produced thanks to the pattern heddles. A wood plank, the "sword" optimizes shed opening for the patterns.
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SOON :
Discoveries and landscapes of Malaysia, India and Nepal.
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