Pua Kumba Weaving in Marik Empang!

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TSTG members recently enjoyed an evening with Nancy Ngali from Malaysian Borneo, wearing her own pua kumba woven jacket and beaded marik empang at the fantastic current exhibition called 
Endangered Textiles taking place at the Brunei Gallery in London.
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Here’s the process of the warp preparation – hundreds of white silk threads being tied with lengths of plastic rather like tie-dye – in order to prepare the weave to make a jacket or skirt.
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After all those white threads are dip-dyed in indigo they are set up on a back-strap loom ready for weaving. 
The whole process takes between 3 to 5 months!

For more information on the process, there’s a great introductory article in the wonderful Hand Eye magazine.

Slow/Fast Experiments

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Pastel and digital prints animated, 
Emma Neuberg, 2011.


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Experiment 1: Slow Hues,
Pastel and digital print animated, 
Emma Neuberg, 2011.

Over the next few weeks, we are experimenting at the juncture where slow, traditional, hand processes meet fast digitised ones to stimulate dialogue on surface pattern and new hybrid forms. 


The aim, loosely, is to combine old with new, tradition with technology, in ways that offer new creative textile possibilities and textured digital forms.




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Experiment 2: Slow Lace Hues,
Pastel and digital print animated, Emma Neuberg, 2011.




To see more examples of Emma’s digital sketchbook go to
http://www.emmaneuberg.blogspot.com/





Flash View! New Work for Animated Textiles

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New directions
Repetitive Triangles II,
Emma Neuberg, 
animated silkscreen print and plastic on paper, 
2011.


Emma Neuberg develops ideas for the next Slow Textiles workshop (taking place at the V&A in September and October). These mark an experimental phase inspired by bringing Italian design house, Memphis, into the digital age.


The initial objective is to bring slow hand processes together with digital crafting for online dissemination and ‘new’ meaning.


Repetitive Triangles II builds upon old textile ‘re-animations’ that Emma created during the V&A Quilts exhibition last year:
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Inheritance I,

Emma Neuberg, 
re-animated rayon, 
2010.

Japanese Floral Prints at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Decorative Paper With Design of Chrysanthemums, artist unknown, 19th century, Japan. 
The great popularity of chrysanthemums in eighteenth century Japan led to the cultivation of many different varieties.
As a Japanese floral print lover, we thought you’d be interested in  this wonderful exhibition taking place in Boston, USA, dedicated to the oeuvre:
Flowers and Festivals – Four Seasons in Japanese Prints.
The best news, however, is that you can enjoy the entire show from the comfort of now  as we found this site that has streamed the whole exhibition:
Flowers and Festivals – Four Seasons in Japanese Prints slideshow!