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Natural Dyeing A portable firework of colour –  from the Himalayas to Stockholm

Natural Dyeing A portable firework of colour – from the Himalayas to Stockholm

Natural Dyeing A portable firework of colour –  from the Himalayas to Stockholm

Natural Dyeing A portable firework of colour – from the Himalayas to Stockholm

Textiles are beaten, boiled, fermented, twisted and pressed with various plant materials and minerals. This is natural dyeing, and it leads to a unique textile print resulting from the blend of var...

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AVANI, THE HIMALAYAS

AVANI, THE HIMALAYAS

AVANI, THE HIMALAYAS Rajnish Jain and Rashmi Bharti started Avani as a non-profit organization in 1999 in the Kumaon, Uttarakand, northern India. The name Avani comes from Hindi and means Earth. Av...

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MATHEW AND "THE WORLD'S MOST NATURALLY PRODUCED YOGA MAT"

MATHEW AND "THE WORLD'S MOST NATURALLY PRODUCED YOGA MAT"

MATHEW AND "THE WORLD'S MOST NATURALLY PRODUCED YOGA MAT" Mathew started his Ayurvedic textile dyeing business in 2008 in Kochi, Kerala in southern India. The ancient doctrine of Ayurveda is very s...

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MARICHIWORLD AND YAK WOOL

MARICHIWORLD AND YAK WOOL

MARICHIWORLD AND YAK WOOL Wife and husband team, Ritika Mehra and Shaurya Bastola, moved from their stressful lives in England back to their hometown in Himachal Pradesh in the Himalayas, India, to...

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ARANYA NATURAL IN THE CARDAMOM HILLS

ARANYA NATURAL IN THE CARDAMOM HILLS

ARANYA NATURAL IN THE CARDAMOM HILLS In February 2020, Aranya celebrated its 25th anniversary, and we were fortunate to attend. In the midst of large tea plantations in the Cardamom Hills, Munnar, ...

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AXEL BECKER, THE NORWEGIAN INDIGO MASTER

AXEL BECKER, THE NORWEGIAN INDIGO MASTER

AXEL BECKER, THE NORWEGIAN INDIGO MASTER In the autumn of 1999, we read a very interesting article by Tina Ignell in the magazine Vävmagasinet about Axel Becker, "Blåfärgaren på Helset (The Indigo ...

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