Friday, March 29, 2013

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Threads on The Net on Facebook - Textiles for Sale

Here are some of the pieces for sale on the Facebook page, please take a look and discover the rest in my collections; more will be added later.  Most of the items are new with a few old ones.  I am not a collector, I purchase works that I find interesting and inspiring.  Some are not necessary the most exquisite or the finest of its kind, they are beautiful works nonetheless.  I  am often attracted to works either for their colours, craftsmanship, materials, rarity, the artistic flair . . . , or maybe all of those qualities at times.  I believe many of the weavers, if not all, producing these textiles at the time have now long retired.  Most of the pieces here were found in the past ten years during my travels in South East Asia. 

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Dress fragment,  Central Asia.

Tube skirt panel, Laos.

Batik painting on hemp, China.
Handwoven silk scarf, Laos.
Handwoven silk shawl, Laos.

Handwoven cotton scarf, China.