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Threads of Life at
The Asia House Fair
London, 23-24 April
Admission Free
Threads of Life will be one of 25 participants in this year’s Asia House Fair of contemporary arts, crafts and foods from Indonesia, India, Burma, China, Japan, Turkey, Tibet, Vietnam and Central Asia.
Explore a busy and colourful marketplace full of wonderful and affordable products to touch, taste and buy. View exciting developments in contemporary design and technique alongside the work of artisans dedicated to rediscovering and revitalising traditional methods.
Threads of Life will be represented at the Fair by Diccon and Lesley Pullen who informally represent us in the UK and introduced Threads of Life to the UK in 2008 with a series of talks and events in and around London.
The Asia House Fair
23 April 11am - 8.30pm
24 April 11am - 6pm
63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
Tel: 020-7307-5454
For more information contact: pullen.london@threadsoflife.com
The Weaving Cultures of Bali and Timor:
A Textile Tour with Threads of Life
July 28 - August 10, 2010
During six days in the cultural center of Ubud and three days on the coast of east Bali, the tour offers insightful introductions to the local culture, watches world-class dance troupes, walks through early morning rice fields, and grants an introduction to the textile arts through the Threads of Life gallery and the YPBB Foundation. Visits with master weavers offer unique insights into the forces at play in the contemporary tradition, demonstrate what Threads of Life and the YPBB Foundation are doing to sustain these traditions, and expose the visitor to some fabulous textiles.
Traveling to the island of Timor for five days, this tour visits several weavers’ cooperatives with which Threads of Life is working. The highlight will be an overnight visit to Boti, one of the most remarkable communities in Indonesia. Having eschewed integration with modern Indonesia, community members still wear homespun traditional textiles as everyday dress and maintain a self-reliant animistic. A visit to Boti is a trip into Timor’s distant past.
Participation in this tour is limited to 14, and we already have people signing up, so please let us know soon if you are interested. For more information about this tour write to Chee Choy at karipedas@yahoo.com or Jean Howe at jean@threadsoflife.com.
The Asia House Fair
London, 23-24 April
Admission Free
Explore a busy and colourful marketplace full of wonderful and affordable products to touch, taste and buy. View exciting developments in contemporary design and technique alongside the work of artisans dedicated to rediscovering and revitalising traditional methods.
Threads of Life will be represented at the Fair by Diccon and Lesley Pullen who informally represent us in the UK and introduced Threads of Life to the UK in 2008 with a series of talks and events in and around London.
The Asia House Fair
23 April 11am - 8.30pm
24 April 11am - 6pm
63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
Tel: 020-7307-5454
For more information contact: pullen.london@threadsoflife.com
The Weaving Cultures of Bali and Timor:
A Textile Tour with Threads of Life
July 28 - August 10, 2010
Traveling to the island of Timor for five days, this tour visits several weavers’ cooperatives with which Threads of Life is working. The highlight will be an overnight visit to Boti, one of the most remarkable communities in Indonesia. Having eschewed integration with modern Indonesia, community members still wear homespun traditional textiles as everyday dress and maintain a self-reliant animistic. A visit to Boti is a trip into Timor’s distant past.
Participation in this tour is limited to 14, and we already have people signing up, so please let us know soon if you are interested. For more information about this tour write to Chee Choy at karipedas@yahoo.com or Jean Howe at jean@threadsoflife.com.