This week we have been installing our new indigo exhibit in Fiber 2 Fabric Gallery. You can see we have selected 4 beautiful antique Tai indigo blankets..
The tools of the indigo trade also will be on display including whisks, gourds, metal ladles.. all things Indigo!
We have new patchwork pieces for sale in our shops!
We have a piece in the Hmong Room in our villa and guests are constantly asking if we sell them. So.. we went through our Hmong textiles and have made a few special patchwork pieces to sell! They are all from antique Hmong costumes and are fun and wild colors.
Hmong Room at the Villa
Erin, our sales manager, parents came to visit last week! It was great to meet them. They stayed at the villa for a few nights and of course they shopped!
Here is her mom with our sales staff; Chay, Mab and Jen.
Seeing what is out drying in the wind at the center is the best part of the day.
Scenes from today shows indigo shibori shawls.. in the softest silk.
Very excited to get these into the stores and on the webshop next week!
Penelope”, an exhibition by Tatiana Blass. Borrowing its name from the Greek myth, “Penelope” it is a tribute to the power of love and the praxis of weaving.
Built to fill the Chapel of Morumbi in São Paulo, Blass has displayed a large pedal-loom at the altar. Attached is a intricately woven, red carpet that extends to the courtyard; red, to signify both power and nobility, as recounted in Greek legend.Her installation connects the internal and external worlds of belief through a web of tangled wool, yet it is unclear whether the carpet is in the process of being woven or unraveled (as goes the tale of Penelope).On the opposite side of the loom, the threads run wildly; a matrix of red yarn envelops the exterior gardens, further confounding our perception of space and place. Merging the religious with the architectural and the enigmatic, Blass is deeply interested in “the abstract.” She conceals as much as she reveals, blending complex stories with elaborate textile creations. Via Trend Tablet.
Scenes from Hmong New Year this year. A great week long celebration of everything Hmong.
