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| Weaving Worlds - Navajo Rug Documentary Trailer |
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WEAVING WORLDS highlights the untold stories
of the personalities and characters involved
in the making and selling of Navajo rugs. The
film presents a compelling and intimate
portrait of economic and cultural survival
through the art of weaving in the face of
increased globalization. Director BENNIE
KLAIN has a keen and compassionate eye, and
he allows viewers into the world of
indigenous artists and their struggle to
maintain pride and cultural vitality through
creating their textiles and "reweaving the
world." The result is a poignant digital
portrait of Navajo artisans and their
unique—and often
controversial—relationship with white
Reservation traders.
Weaving Worlds is a co-production of
TricksterFilms, LLC and the Independent
Television Service (ITVS) in association with
Native American Public Telecommunications
(NAPT), with major funding from the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Tags : Navajo Rugs Traders Bennie Klain Trickster NAPT ITVS APT Indians Globalization Native American Art |
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Affichage : 3599
Durée : 125 s |
| Ethnic Textile Traditional Dhaka Weaving by Limbu Women |
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Limbu women from the eastern part of Nepal
used to be great fabric-artist entrepreneurs
and very hard working a couple of centuries
ago. There were no imported threads available
for weaving then, therefore they used to grow
cotton themselves in their fields. They used
to spin thread for weaving after harvesting
raw cotton and drying it in the sun. The
women used to weave handloom cloth called
"Dhaka". Traditional Nepalese Dhaka weaving
is characterized by colorful geometric
designs. The loom is made of wood and bamboo.
This type of traditional weaving has been
bequeathed to their female descendents. This
traditional material is also used in interior
decoration for modern contemporary houses;
you can find it used for cushion covers,
curtains, table runners, table mats, wall
hangings, etc. This material is also used in
boutiques to make unusual and unique designer
outfits. Definitely the credit goes to our
mothers and grandmothers for passing such
skills down through the generations. The
skill of weaving Dhaka material is endangered
because of mass production of imported
material from China and India.
I visited Nepal in March, 2007 and met with
Kalpana YongHang. I asked her how this
traditional weaving is done. Kalpana weaves
at her home in Gokarna outside of Kathmandu.
She wants to continue this work to preserve
this traditional weaving art of Limbus. She
started weaving 5 years ago with just one
loom, now there are about 12 women who weave
with her. She is looking for a designing
partner to produce items which meet
international standards to sell in the global
market.
Kindly write to us by email at
EkshaCreations@aol.com.
Your suggestions are welcomed to help
preserve this "Traditional Dhaka Weaving of
Limbus in Nepal".
Tags : Ethnic Textile Weaving Limbu Women Nepal Eksha Creations |
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Affichage : 9820
Durée : 364 s |
| Golden Silk Spider Weaving Orb #1/2 ジョロウグモ♀の造網：横糸張り・4倍速 |
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Adult female of the golden silk orb-weaving
spider (Nephila clavata, family Nephilidae).
Unlike other orb-weavers, she didn't rotate
herself but swing like a pendulum to spin
sticky "spiral" threads. Hence they are not
in fact spiral. Recorded at midnight (12
degrees Celsius) of mid-November 2008 in
Japan.
Music : Musicshake - Dj Juan Caminos
*part 1 (4x time-lapse):
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=NPo5IsfoPT4
part 2 (in real time):
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tzt-r4rncU
本で読んだ通り、ジョロウグモの
造網活動（張り替え）は夜行われ
ていました。草木も眠る丑三つ時
に懐中電灯（白色LED）で照らしな
がら接写しました。気温12℃。縦
11本分の扇状（？）領域に横糸
張り進む。毎日網の一部分しか
り替えないらしい。
動きが余りにも緩慢だったので4
速再生でお届けします。網や糸
目立たせるため映像にシャープ
フィルターをかけてあります。
が前後に揺れるのは夜風のせい
す。
Tags : golden silk orb web spider weave spin ジョロウグモ 造網 横糸 足場糸 ジョロウグモ科 蜘蛛 クモ |
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Affichage : 408
Durée : 403 s |
| Weaving a Lao Tai Daeng (Red Tai) Textile |
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The Tai Daeng (Red Tai) are some of the best
weavers in Laos and produce some of the most
beautiful textiles. In this video you will
see a Lao weaver, weaving a complex Tai Daeng
textile that my wife and I ordered a set of
for our business, Laos Essential Artistry.
Weavers in Laos are accomplished artists,
extremely skillful and talented and we are
looking forward to featuring their beautiful
textiles in our online Yahoo store beginning
in 2008
Tags : Laos Weaving Tai-Daeng Red-Tai |
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Affichage : 2598
Durée : 389 s |
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