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by Swe Nwe Hmwe (Moi) Art work by Emilie Thomsen Today, Myanmar designers combine the local and traditional Shwe Chi Hto embroidery techniques in their dresses to re-activate traditional art practices. Some norms of traditional design have changed in modern creations to include Shwe Chi Hto on Acheik cloths and lotus thread cloths. Hence, designers like May Myat Waso and Ye Yint Hlaing divided the patterns and chose the relevant composition methods to align with their creat

by Tessa Stetter Watanabe’s studio, Tokushima, Japan, photo by Tessa Stetter Indigo Dye Workshop at Watanabe’s Indigo Farm and Studio From Kyoto to Watanabe’s Indigo farm and studio in Tokushima prefecture, it takes about 3 hours. After a bus ride and a train ride you will arrive at Ishii Station. The region of Tokushima has a rich and long history of Indigo, it used to be the largest producer of Indigo Pigment in Japan. With the invention of synthetic indigo dye in 1883 and

by Brigid Trott Image by Emilie Thomsen Why Mend? In order to make sense of current mending practices we must first look at why mending was practiced in the past. Reasons to mend clothing—to devote time, resources and skill to darning and stitching—vary. However, largely people mend quite simply because they need to make clothing last longer. Mending has a historic association with times of austerity , as well as with lower classes who cannot frequently buy new clothes (Bide,