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  • Retooling for the Future Part 2
    Luminaries in the textile arts present at the Maiwa School of Textiles. These presentations are from an international collection of writers, travellers, craftspeople and artists.
    0 min
  • Bleu de Lectoure

    Inspired by both the colour and the plant, the Lamberts created Bleu de Lectoure in 1994. Soon their lives were given up to woad. It took more than two years working with chemists from the University of Toulouse to uncover the original fermentation, extraction, and dyeing processes. In an antiques store one day, fate helped them out. They stumbled upon a notebook that belonged to Napoleon’s chemist.

    58 min
  • Creating a Garden of Natural Dye Plants - Part 2
    Creating a Garden of Natural Dye Plants Michel Garcia Part 2 Presentation, Question and Answer Michel Garcia is a practicing chemist and botanist specializing in natural dyes and dye plants. He is the founder of Couleur Garance, a botanical garden of dye plants. Set in the Château de Lauris, terraced and adorned with ponds and fountains dating from the eighteenth century, the conservatory garden was envisioned as a resource for natural dye research and an oportunity to edify the public about organic colour. Recorded at the 2009 Maiwa Textile Symposium on October 16, 2009 Posted February 2010
    44 min
  • Creating a Garden of Natural Dye Plants - Part 1
    Creating a Garden of Natural Dye Plants Michel Garcia Part 1 Introduction and Presentation Michel Garcia is a practicing chemist and botanist specializing in natural dyes and dye plants. He is the founder of Couleur Garance, a botanical garden of dye plants. Set in the Château de Lauris, terraced and adorned with ponds and fountains dating from the eighteenth century, the conservatory garden was envisioned as a resource for natural dye research and an oportunity to edify the public about organic colour. Recorded at the 2009 Maiwa Textile Symposium on October 16, 2009 Posted January 2010
    1 hr 3 min
  • From Gandhi to Globalization Part 2

    In part two, Ashoke Chatterjee presents the remainder of his lecture and answers questions from the audience. Part one contained the visiual and the first part of Mr. Chatterjee's presentation. Part two is audio only. Mr. Chatterjee presented his lecture via satallite from Ahmedabad, India

    1 hr 5 min
  • From Gandhi to Globalization - Part 2
    From Gandhi to Globalization: Craft and Human Development Ashoke Chatterjee Part 2 Presentation, Question and Answer Mahatma Gandhi dreamed of India’s independence and used localised hand production as a weapon against colonial rule. Later, Gandhi’s legacy helped shape craft development within national planning. But contemporary globalization dreams of market influence, often at the expense of independence. The shift between paradigms has had far-reaching effects for human development in all countries, especially in the craft sector. Recorded at the 2009 Maiwa Textile Symposium on October 21, 2009 Posted December 2009
    1 hr 5 min
  • From Gandhi to Globalization - Part 1
    From Gandhi to Globalization: Craft and Human Development Ashoke Chatterjee Part 1 Introduction and Presentation Mahatma Gandhi dreamed of India’s independence and used localised hand production as a weapon against colonial rule. Later, Gandhi’s legacy helped shape craft development within national planning. But contemporary globalization dreams of market influence, often at the expense of independence. The shift between paradigms has had far-reaching effects for human development in all countries, especially in the craft sector. Recorded at the 2009 Maiwa Textile Symposium on October 21, 2009 Posted November 2009 VIDEO PODCAST - contains images and sound.
    39 min

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Luminaries in the textile arts present at the Maiwa School of Textiles. These presentations are from an international collection of writers, travellers, craftspeople and artists.