TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles Travel Blog
Blog URL http://tammachat-2008-2009.blogspot.com/
Located Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia Canada
Tags fair trade, eco-friendly, fashion, home decor, TAMMACHAT Natural, weaving, Thailand, handmade, women artisans
TAMMACHAT brings to Canada and beyond eco-friendly, handmade, fair trade fashion and home decor from rural Thailand and Laos. Join co-founders Ellen and Alleson as they visit women's weaving groups in Thailand and Laos from December 2008 to March 200
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- #8: Of peacocks & indigo on Jan 27, 2009 in mutmii indigo cotton mudmee handwoven Thailand Mekong natural dyes
Greetings from Sakhon Nakhon -- one of the 19 provinces of Isaan (Thailand's Northeast).We came here in search of handwoven cotton khram (indigo) textiles, an art practiced for generations in this area. These luscious blues have been very popular at...
- #7: Organic cotton along the Mekong on Jan 22, 2009 in weaving community development fair trade Thailand organic cotton microcredit Mekong natural dyes Laos Pattanarak Foundation
[This is a long entry, but one we think will paint a rich picture of what we're learning.]Monday: 19 January 2009: Khong Chiam, Ubon, ThailandThis week we will continue our visits with members of some of the groups that work with the Pattanarak Found...
- #6: Pattanarak Foundation: weaving fair trade & development on Jan 22, 2009 in textiles Thai-Lao border community development fair trade Thailand organic cotton cloth Pattanarak Foundation
“Fair trade” is one of the principals of TAMMACHAT. Sometimes our customers ask us what that means; sometimes we ask ourselves whether we are actually able to practice it, given the many production stages involved in creating textiles.Each piece...
- #5: Happy In: visiting Panmai Group on Jan 11, 2009 in Panmai Group handweaving naturally dyed fair trade handwoven Thailand natural dyes
When we visit Panmai Group, we get a bit farther off the track; their office is located so it's convenient for their members rather than their customers. From Bangkok it's a train, then a bus and finally a songtheow to get there. [A songteow is a pic...
- #4: Pa Ao Weaving Group: silk specialists on Jan 11, 2009 in Pa Ao Weaving Group OTOP naturally dyed fair trade handwoven natural dyes
Two years ago, we rented a motorbike in the small city of Ubon Ratchathani, close to the Mekong River in Thailand's Northeast, and made our way -- with the help of a map and a hunch -- to Ban Pa Ao, a village known for its fine quality of silk weavin...
- #3: Prae Pan Group in Thailand on Jan 8, 2009 in weaving naturally dyed fair trade handwoven Thailand Prae Pan Group natural dyes
In our last post we affirmed our desire to support the highly skilled women who continue their tradition of creating silk and cotton yarn, natural dyeing and hand weaving despite the challenges posed by globalized modernization and the current econom...
- #2: The future of handweaving in Thailand on Jan 5, 2009 in designers khit weavers Laotian rice farming naturally dyed handwoven Thailand Laos rural
[Photo: Alleson and Pii Yai -- who has been working in rural development for decades and who has been advising one of the weaving co-ops we have been working with for several years -- enjoying a walk in Loei province.] One of our goals for this trip...
