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SOURCING STORY 04: Hidden Shapes & Plant Dyes of Northern Thailand

SOURCING STORY 04: Hidden Shapes & Plant Dyes of Northern Thailand

Postcards from Thailand Jessica Switzer Green, owner and artist of JG SWITZER visits the natural dye weaving workshop Studio Naenna of Textile Professor Patricia Cheesman and her daughter Lamorna in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. We dyed from local Thai plants cultivated in her garden and foraged from the mountains. Indigo Dyeing Workshop Indigo leaves, Burmese ebony (inner bark), Neem bark, Betal nuts, Stick lac resin and insect all sourced and expertly dyed to make cotton and silk masterpieces all within the magical workshop. Why is Eddie wearing white to an Indigo dye workshop? Rookie move. Serpent's Everywhere Hidden Shapes in...

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