Singapore

i stopped in at a curatorial space today, and learned some things about traditional indonesian textile:
1. no current indigenous fibres are used (nearly all imported cotton yarns)
2. there is no continuity of knowledge in natural dyeing
3. whole bolts of dyed and unpatterned cloth are rare
4. there is a yarn mafia controlling access to the best yarns

naturally dyed indigo, modern kinda east-asia-inspired pattern hand-drawn in wax-resin resist

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natural dye double ikat (warps and wefts separately yarn-dyed before weaving)

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i think if you are a quality-focused small weaver you are more interested in understanding how to operate outside of the yarn mafia than joining it

the freedom to pursue different ideas of quality

I’m wildly intrigued about the yarn Marfia and how does one join

Asking for a friend

/salty /fufu

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is this curatorial available for limited time?

grease it with that delicious palm oil

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Not only yarn, every commodity has been mafia'd over here, it's impossible to grow unless you grease insiders' palm, if anyone says otherwise, it's time to check their motives and background