Travel Forth to Inle Lake, Myanmar with JG SWITZER
From INLE LAKE the silk weavers of Myanmar hand weave together a very rare blend of LOTUS FLOWER plants that grow on INLE LAKE with cheerful silk fabrics in summer colors: kumquat, lime green, chartreuse and hot pink. THIS COLLECTION JUST ARRIVED JULY, 2020.
Travel forth to Kyoto, Japan with JG SWITZER
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Travels to bring you Treasures
Introducing the Voyager Collection, New Summer 2020https://www.hakone-tenyu.com/en-gb
KYOTO KIMONO FabricsLast December we visited an esteemed Kimono fabric dealer in Kyoto and selected the most exquisite fabrics for you.
From a remote area of Hyogo prefecture and in the tradition of Tanba cloth, this Kimono- cloth fabric is spun using a traditional spinning wheel, leaving tiny bits of shell and leaf original to the cotton seeds remaining in the fabric.
“Now Voyager, Sail Forth,
To seek and find.”
-Walt Whitman
Wool Textiles Designed & Milled from our Local Fibershed
Wool Textiles Designed & Milled In-House at the JG SWITZER Workshop We design, mill, and sew every piece. Our workshop is located in The Barlow, a maker space in West Sonoma County, an hour north of San Francisco. We begin with locally-sourced wool from Fibershed-certified wool, fibers/natural dyes, & labor...
Painting with Wool: How We Make Our Artisan Wool Pieces
At JG SWITZER, our painter’s palette is provided by local and Heritage breed sheep. See how we create our "painted" wool pieces. See the artistry behind the craft. We “paint with wool” using a locally farmed canvas of Dorset and Suffolk wool from Bodega Bay.
