Apparently mice are a big problem for textile collectors, so they like to keep cats around. This is good news for me. And, the collection we spent the last three weeks wi...
Friday, 30 March 2012
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
What have we actually been doing for the last month, you ask? Since we got to Kutch, we've been working on documenting the collection of a local textile expert, cataloging the age and origin of each piece and photographing each one. The collection has over 1500 pieces, and we just hit the 400 mark.We started this when our friend Salim mentioned that they needed someone to catalog the collection, but never had the time or equipment to do it....
Friday, 23 March 2012
My friend Jenn passed this post from Print & Pattern on to me, featuring an actual photo of the I Heart Stationery book! It's the first time I've seen it and I'm so, so excited. A full page! I can't wait to see it in person when I get home. You can order the book for yourself here, or get it at your local Paper Source!Photos from Print & Patt...
Thursday, 22 March 2012
The White Rann, around 80 km north of Bhuj (feel free to translate to miles) is the world's largest salt flat; every few months the tide comes in 60-70 km, covering the desert with salt and turning the ground white. To the north is desert and the Pakistan border, and an area where no one lives. There is nothing as far as the eye can see, and it looks like you are staring out over the ocean. After a trip to some of the northern villages of Kutch,...
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
While walking through the market last week, we came across a little hole-in-the-wall shop selling scissors and antique sewing machines. All the shopkeepers in India use huge brass scissors but we couldn't find them for sale anywhere until this little place. The shop is run by an adorable old man, and if I could have fit some of their old sewing tables and antique Singers in my suitcase, I would have walked away with a lot more.The bags he wrapped...
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Friday, 16 March 2012
Last week was Holi in India: a festival celebrating the harvest and coming of spring (among other things in different states) where people basically go crazy and throw colored powder, dye and water on each other. We got to celebrate Holi twice: once the day before at a local textile non-profit, and once on the actual day in the city of Bhuj. They were definitely two very different experiences.At Khamir on the day before Holi, the staff of the non-profit...
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Blog secret: while we have been traveling we have had spotty internet, so I've been scheduling blog posts from hotels with good wi-fi, then publishing them over the course of the next week. That means the blog is about a week and a half behind where we actually are. We have been in Kutch, in the city of Bhuj, for the last ten days, and just made the executive decision to cancel the rest of our trip and stay here for the rest of our time in India.Kutch...
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