Textile Odyssey Tours
Exploring Cultures Through Textiles and Dress
"Kushithara"- handwoven silk cloth
Discontinuous supplementary weft weaving technique
Weaving on backstrap loom
Discontinuous supplementary weft weaving technique
Detail of complex design
Discontinuous supplementary weft weaving technique
Textiles from Bhutan
Discontinuous supplementary weft weaving technique
Festival Dancer
Young women in festival dress
Boy in traditional male dress, "Gho"
Weaving "Yathra"
Yarns are yak hair and sheep's wool. Designs are woven in discontinuous supplementary weft weaving technique.
Woman in traditional "Kira"
Villager twisting yarns on spindle
Young man in embroidery workshop
Women in Assam, India