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Thought I'd share this. Really exciting.
I've been working on this for YEARS. This is authentic, vegetable dyed handloomed Madras. This WILL bleed.
It's been a challenge finding the right weavers, the dyes and looms. We had a couple of promising starts before but they always hit dead ends for various reasons. I'm fairly confident after a couple of initial tests, we have the right product now.
You can see in the pic several things. First is the loom itself. It's an old wooden loom. The only power comes from human input. Second is the cloth itself. You can see the desaturated nature of the cloth on the loom. That's because the vegetable dye cannot achieve the same level of saturation as synthetic dyes. But, that's the charm. It will fade and bleed into each other over time creating a really great dusty looking cloth. We hope to have 3 colours in very limited quantities next summer.
I've been working on this for YEARS. This is authentic, vegetable dyed handloomed Madras. This WILL bleed.
It's been a challenge finding the right weavers, the dyes and looms. We had a couple of promising starts before but they always hit dead ends for various reasons. I'm fairly confident after a couple of initial tests, we have the right product now.
You can see in the pic several things. First is the loom itself. It's an old wooden loom. The only power comes from human input. Second is the cloth itself. You can see the desaturated nature of the cloth on the loom. That's because the vegetable dye cannot achieve the same level of saturation as synthetic dyes. But, that's the charm. It will fade and bleed into each other over time creating a really great dusty looking cloth. We hope to have 3 colours in very limited quantities next summer.