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AndiArt - La Paz, Bolivia Established in 2000 by French designer Veronique Valdes, AndiArt specializes in home decoration. Valdes designs textiles such as carpets, curtains and bed throws that are then handwoven by artisans in Bolivia. The weaving and natural dyeing studio of AndiArt is located on the Altiplano in El Alto, the large city looking down over La Paz, Bolivia. Nieves, a Quechua woman oversees the whole production and has been working with AndiArt for the past 17 years. A long piece of Bayeta, a traditional textile handwoven with alpaca and llama wools, has been naturally dyed with cochineal and is drying in the sun. This traditional textile is becoming rare as the weaving techniques are slowly disappearing

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AndiArt - La Paz, Bolivia Established in 2000 by French designer Veronique Valdes, AndiArt specializes in home decoration. Valdes designs textiles such as carpets, curtains and bed throws that are then handwoven by artisans in Bolivia. The weaving and natural dyeing studio of AndiArt is located on the Altiplano in El Alto, the large city looking down over La Paz, Bolivia. Nieves, a Quechua woman oversees the whole production and has been working with AndiArt for the past 17 years. Nieves is plying wool yarn to make 2-ply wool balls.

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AndiArt - La Paz, Bolivia Established in 2000 by French designer Veronique Valdes, AndiArt specializes in home decoration. Valdes designs textiles such as carpets, curtains and bed throws that are then handwoven in Bolivia by local indian artisans. Valdes also collects vintage frazadas (Bolivian throws and carpets) and vintage traditional garments she either restores or transforms into cushions, tote bags and small purses. Vintage frazada about to be laid on the ground and cut into a new set of cushions.

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AndiArt - La Paz, Bolivia Established in 2000 by French designer Veronique Valdes, AndiArt specializes in home decoration. Valdes designs textiles such as carpets, curtains and bed throws that are then handwoven in Bolivia. Valdes also collects vintage frazadas (Bolivian throws and carpets) and vintage traditional garments she either restores or transforms into cushions, tote bags and small purses. She is measuring a frazada that will be transformed into a new set of cushions.

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AndiArt - La Paz, Bolivia Established in 2000 by French designer Veronique Valdes, AndiArt specializes in home decoration. Valdes designs textiles such as carpets, curtains and bed throws that are then handwoven by artisans in Bolivia. Valdes also collects vintage frazadas (Bolivian throws and carpets) and vintage traditional garments she either restores or transforms into cushions, tote bags and small purses. Véronique Valdes is cutting a vintage frazada to make a new set of cushions.

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Threads of Peru, ngo - handwoven, handspun, naturally dyed textiles. The Pitukiska weaving association located in Amparaes village. Melchor is a dyer and and his wife Narcissa is a weaver. Both are originally from Pitukiska village. They use only local plants for the natural dyes

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Chahuaytire village, located above the town of Pisac. The Chahuaytire weaving community is supported by the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales Del Cusco, Peru (CTTC) founded in 1996 by indigenous weavers of the Cusco region and international supporters, to save, promote and spread the Peruvian traditional textile knowledge. The weavers meet once a week, every Wednesday, in the weaving center set up in the open air. The Chahuaytire community uses backstrap looms and four-stakes looms, weaving double-faced fabric (the pattern is the same on both sides but the colors opposite and fabrics with supplementary warp technique. Handspun & handwoven texiles, all naturally dyed.

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Threads of Peru, handwoven textiles - Upis Village, with the sacred Mountain Ausangate in the background - Quechua Weavers

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Threads of Peru, handwoven textiles - Upis Village, with the sacred Mountain Ausangate in the background - Quechua Weavers

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German, Quechua-Aymara farmer in Toledo, near Oruro, supplies AndiArt with fine alpaca, sheep and llama wool.

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Threads of Peru, handwoven textiles - Upis Village, with the sacred Mountain Ausangate in the background - Quechua Weavers

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Threads of Peru, handwoven textiles - Upis Village, with the sacred Mountain Ausangate in the background - Quechua Weavers

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Threads of Peru, handwoven textiles - Upis Village, with the sacred Mountain Ausangate in the background - Quechua Weavers

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Chahuaytire village, located above the town of Pisac. The Chahuaytire weaving community is supported by the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales Del Cusco, Peru (CTTC) founded in 1996 by indigenous weavers of the Cusco region and international supporters, to save, promote and spread the Peruvian traditional textile knowledge. The weavers meet once a week, every Wednesday, in the weaving center set up in the open air. The Chahuaytire community uses backstrap looms and four-stakes looms, weaving double-faced fabric (the pattern is the same on both sides but the colors opposite and fabrics with supplementary warp technique. Handspun & handwoven texiles, all naturally dyed. A weaver wearing his chullo (knitted hat)

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Chahuaytire village, located above the town of Pisac. The Chahuaytire weaving community is supported by the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales Del Cusco, Peru (CTTC) founded in 1996 by indigenous weavers of the Cusco region and international supporters, to save, promote and spread the Peruvian traditional textile knowledge. The weavers meet once a week, every Wednesday, in the weaving center set up in the open air. The Chahuaytire community uses backstrap looms and four-stakes looms, weaving double-faced fabric (the pattern is the same on both sides but the colors opposite and fabrics with supplementary warp technique. Handspun & handwoven texiles, all naturally dyed.

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Chahuaytire village, located above the town of Pisac. The Chahuaytire weaving community is supported by the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales Del Cusco, Peru (CTTC) founded in 1996 by indigenous weavers of the Cusco region and international supporters, to save, promote and spread the Peruvian traditional textile knowledge. The weavers meet once a week, every Wednesday, in the weaving center set up in the open air. The Chahuaytire community uses backstrap looms and four-stakes looms, weaving double-faced fabric (the pattern is the same on both sides but the colors opposite and fabrics with supplementary warp technique. Handspun & handwoven texiles, all naturally dyed.

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Chahuaytire village, located above the town of Pisac. The Chahuaytire weaving community is supported by the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales Del Cusco, Peru (CTTC) founded in 1996 by indigenous weavers of the Cusco region and international supporters, to save, promote and spread the Peruvian traditional textile knowledge. The weavers meet once a week, every Wednesday, in the weaving center set up in the open air. The Chahuaytire community uses backstrap looms and four-stakes looms, weaving double-faced fabric (the pattern is the same on both sides but the colors opposite and fabrics with supplementary warp technique. Handspun & handwoven texiles, all naturally dyed. Two men, weaving side by side.

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White Earth Reservation - Little Elbow Lake State Park - Pow wow regalia Dennis Williams - Grass dancer & beadwork artist

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White Earth Reservation - Little Elbow Lake State Park - Pow wow regalia Dennis Williams - Grass dancer & beadwork artist

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White Earth Reservation - Little Elbow Lake State Park - Pow wow regalia Dana Goodwin, fiber artist, Ojibwe teacher and Jingle Dress dancer

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White Earth Reservation - Little Elbow Lake State Park - Pow wow regalia - Dana Goodwin, Ojibwe artist and powwow dancer,

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White Earth Reservation - Little Elbow Lake State Park - Pow wow regalia Quinn - Dennis Williams/Dana Goddwin Family

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White Earth Reservation - Little Elbow Lake State Park - Pow wow regalia Deandra - 13 years old and Jingle Dress Dancer - Her mother, fiber artist Dana Goodwin, made her dress. Her father, beadwork artist Dennis Williams, made her beadwork regalia.

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White Earth Reservation - Little Elbow Lake State Park - Pow wow regalia The Dennis Williams/Dana Goodwin family. Quinn, Dana's eldest daughter

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White Earth Reservation - Little Elbow Lake State Park - Pow wow regalia Genevieve Williams - 13 years old and Fancy Shawl dancer - Beadwork by her father, Dennis Williams

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White Earth Reservation - Little Elbow Lake State Park - Pow wow regalia Quinne Goodwin-Chaffe, Fancy Shawl Dancer - Enrolled member of the White Earth Nation - Beadwork by her father Dennis Williams - Dress and shawl by her mother Dana Goodwin

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White Earth Reservation - Little Elbow Lake State Park - Pow wow regalia

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White Earth Reservation - Little Elbow Lake State Park - Pow wow regalia Genevieve- 13 years old and Fancy Shawl dancer - Beadwork by her father Dennis Williams - Shawl and dress by her mother, Dana Goodwin

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White Earth Reservation - Little Elbow Lake State Park - Pow wow regalia Quinne Goodwin-Chaffe, Fancy Shawl Dancer - Enrolled member of the White Earth Nation - Beadwork by her father Dennis Williams - Dress and shawl by her mother Dana Goodwin

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Marie Labarelle - Atelier Shibori, Yogyakarta. Teinture sur laine et soie

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Parasolerie Michel Heurtault Parapluie contemporain pour femme. Forme Dome. Couverture en lin et coton, tissé en Belgique. 10 baleines. Canne en hetre teinté et vernis. Broderie au metal inoxydable avec argent projeté

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Blandine Brice - Ennoblisseur textile - Atelier Pose de resine au pinceau sur mousseline

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Blandine Brice - Ennoblisseur textile - Atelier

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Natural dyer

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Natural dyer

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Pamala Jane, artist : natural dyer and knitter Dyeing with indigo - wool

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Bare Cloth - Keila McCracken's studio - A woolen shirt from The Woodswoman's Shirt Collection designed to work with plaids and for real women's bodies. Keila is a weaver and fashion designer producing sustainable wool clothing for women who live in Northern Minnesota

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Bare Cloth - Keila McCracken's studio - Meditation shawl. Keila is a weaver and fashion designer producing sustainable wool clothing for women who live in Northern Minnesota

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Summer Studio, Wisconsin - Vavaveve is a premier weaving studio specializing in high quality, eco-friendly, luxurious and beautiful linen textiles for the home and personal use.

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Cabin by the lake - VavaVeve Summer Studio

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Cabin by the lake - VavaVeve Summer Studio

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Natural Dyers & Weavers Cooperative of Seraya Traditional Textile Artisan Weaving group Karya Sari Warna Alam in Seraya - East Bali A young weaver is working on a backstrap loom, weaving the traditional Rang-Rang pattern

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Natural Dyers & Weavers Cooperative of Seraya Traditional Textile Artisan Weaving group Karya Sari Warna Alam in Seraya - East Bali Pak Karya is hanging a skein of cotton yarn dyed yellow with Pomegranate skins (grenades)

Mark Hewitt, potter artist

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Mark Hewitt, potter artist

Main formant délicatement la collerette d'un vase grand format.

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Sidemen Village - Pelangi Workshop Songket & Ikat weaving - Tissage Songket et ikat Weaver

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Weaves of Cambodia is an NGO located in Nothern Cambodia. It employs poor families and disabled people - landmine survivors and women suffering from polyomyelitis - Carol Cassidy has been running this NGO since 2002 and today more than 30 weavers work at WOC weaving high end quality silks. The scarves and shawls are sold in Siem Reap, Vientiane in Laos and the Guggenheim Museum in NY City.

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Lao Textiles - Préparation d'un écharpe Rainbow en soie pour le plissage. La soie est mouillée puis immergée dans l'eau pour être plissée à la main. Le tissage spécifique et l'eau sont les deux élements clés de cette technique de plissage