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Shutter Speed Value 1/40 sec Date/Time Sun 29 Mar 2009 05:21:12 AM EDT
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The pattern is carefully worked out, tied and dyed onto the threads before they are woven
Due to loss of habitat lac insects cannot survive in Cambodia and must be imported from Laos The men make all of the looms, the homes, and anything that is needed for the project This woman is a master weaver and one of the 8 original Grandmothers recruited by Mr. Morimoto to teach traditional weaving
She is binding fiber tightly around the threads before dyeing so they will resist taking the color Measuring out the silk threads before setting up the loom The pattern is carefully worked out, tied and dyed onto the threads before they are woven
While in training the students learn every step involved in the process warp threads on the loom for a long textile "Iron soup" made by fermenting limes and rusty iron scarps, used as a mordant for natural dye colors
Detail of iron mordant pot preparing the dyebath cooking the young leaves of the banana tree

The pattern is carefully worked out, tied and dyed onto the threads before they are woven

Date: 03/29/2009
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