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Wisdom From the Forest

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Entrance gate to the forest Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 415	Mr. Morimoto's house with workshop area below Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 167	Mr. Morimoto welcomes visitors Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 140	Showing me his natural color formula books Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 146	Sharing recipes Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 145
Signs posting the philosophy behind the project are posted here and there in the forest Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 167	Housing for the wise grandmothers who teach weaving with workshop area below Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 139	Mothers with small children can bring them to to the workshop. Mr. Morimoto explains that it is important that the children be e Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 137	In the past weaving was done at home and mothers have to attend to them, so the children are brought to the workshop by their m Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 160	In one of the workshops Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 139
Many women are employed and paid a fair wage through the sale of their textiles Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 132	Chopping bark from mahogany trees sustainably grown in the forest for source of red-brown color Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 156	Chopping lac, the secretions of certain insects to make red color Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 107	Due to loss of habitat lac insects cannot survive in Cambodia and must be imported from Laos Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 110	The men make all of the looms, the homes, and anything that is needed for the project Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 108
This woman is a master weaver and one of the 8 original Grandmothers recruited by Mr. Morimoto to teach traditional weaving Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 106	She is binding fiber tightly around the threads before dyeing so they will resist taking the color Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 104	Measuring out the silk threads before setting up the loom Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 101	The pattern is carefully worked out, tied and dyed onto the threads before they are woven Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 88	While in training the students learn every step involved in the process Date: 03/29/2009 Views: 91

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