TUNIC#46 - IRON OXIDE / RICE HAY HANDWOVEN

by Jan-Jan Van Essche

TUNIC#46 - IRON OXIDE / RICE HAY HANDWOVEN by Jan-Jan Van Essche from PROJECT#14 - SOIL (AW26).

ERI SILK HANDWOVEN TUNIC WITH FIXED RAW HEM.

HANDWOVEN BY 7WEAVES IN INDIA, MADE IN THE JAN-JAN VAN ESSCHE STUDIO

7WEAVES ERI SILK TEXTILES ORIGINATE FROM A CAREFUL PROCESS THAT COMMENCES WITH THE REARING OF ERI SILK IN THE FOREST VILLAGES. THESE COCOONS ARE THEN HAND-SPOUN BY INDIGENOUS ARTISANS, AND EACH PIECE IS HAND-LOOMED. THIS ENTIRE CRAFTSMANSHIP TAKES PLACE WITHIN THE LOHARGHAT FOREST RANGE OF THE INDO-BURMA ECOLOGICAL REGION, ADDING A UNIQUE IDENTITY TO THE PRODUCT.
BOLD AND GEOMETRIC DESIGNS, REIMAGINED AND ADAPTED THROUGH THE ARTISANS’ HANDS, UNFOLD AS A MONOCHROMATIC PATTERN WOVEN OF YARNS DYED IN FERMENTED IRON OXIDE, MYROBALAN AND RICE HAY. THE OVERLAPPING AND INTERLACING OF YARNS IN VARIED INTENSITIES AND HUES OF GREY SOFTENS THE GEOMETRICS BY ADDING AN INTRICATE NUANCE THAT IS FURTHER EMBELLISHED BY THE TEXTURED STRIPES.

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