This is Bangie from Borneo who came to visit Santa Barbara after attending the Folk Art International event in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She gave a weaving demonstration at the SBMA gift store. In her village everyone knows how to weave and do beadwork. All of her silk is hand dyed using natural dyes. The dark color is indigo and the yellow is from porcupine quills. It takes her 3 months to weave up the warp which is two pieces of completed fabric. There were many beautiful pieces of fabric for sale as well as woven hats, scarves and bags. Many thanks to my friend Kate who called me on her cell phone and told to come down and see this wonderful weaver and her beautiful work. A local member of the Fiber Arts Guild , Norma translated all of my questions to Bangie and that was much appreciated as well.
I'm off to the beach today for a reunion of friends from the 70's!
6 comments:
This is very beautiful! I appreciate that wonderful work, this woman is a true artist!!!
Oh, I missed this event! Thanks for the photos, those textiles are amazing.
Gorgeous cloth! Very interesting post, thanks for sharing!
dulcy
What can say...Santa Fe...<3
Her weaving's are beautiful!
What fun you must of had talking with
her through your friend. There is no
barrier in language or otherwise when talking about art and creative things...right? Hope you had fun with
your 70's friends :)
oh yes. i feel at home with this cloth.
Su blog es muy interesante y las fotografias lo dicen todo, gracias por mostrar.
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