Last night I opened my diary from my travels in 1984 at Chaing Mai, 21st of June. I had forgotten all about the motor bike trip into the hills to visit the local indigenous tribe. Have you ever had that feeling when you are excited that you just want to do a little clap? That…
Category: Traditional Textiles
Married to a Bedouin
In 1989 I married into a very large family. At last count my three kids have 63 first cousins on their father’s side. …. three on the other. My husband is a Bedouin from the Negev Desert in Israel who arrived in Australia in 1986, a few months after the death of this father. We…
Traditional Textiles – Philippines
Backstrap weaving is a common technique used by indigenous tribes. It was especially handy if the tribe was nomadic as it requires only a few wooden sticks, a place to sit and an anchor. The tribes of Northern Luzon in the Philippines used this technique for their clothes and ‘homewares’ This was one of a…
Back of the Bottom Drawer 