WARP, indigenous basket makers

 WARP, Weave a Real Peace, made an online presentation yesterday featuring indigenous  basket makers and the archaeology of fibers in the southwest. Some ancient fiber works are appearing now as a result of climate change and ice thawing.

Mostly the pictures are self explanatory, just enjoy the art and the sourcing. I asked questions and screenshot the answers

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 I put up this question about  weaver August Wood

August Wood, most of the finished works are by him. He has no website nor inventory, because  they're sold as soon as completed.

This was a great  display of fiberart, sourcing and history. The artists are affected by things like the emerald ash borer killing ash trees, so ash weavers have to find alternative materials. And where land comes under cultivation, the wild grasses and other plant material become scarcer. Tradition has to be partnered with innovation.

Happy day, everyone! Good Sunday, and here's a spring like image to enjoy

Brave Ukraine

Warping, WARP, and Slater

Today I measured and counted and threaded half the warp threads for the new skirt panel, before my hands insisted on stopping.

In any case it was time for the WARP (Weave a Real Peace) presentation online about WARP'S involvement with the DIMA School of textile and artisanal trades in Niger.

The initiative they discussed today was the general revival of weaving, tailoring and leatherwork by the school, marketing their output and bringing Western looms for them.

 Their master weavers wanted to transfer their skills to Western floor looms for greater productivity and less physical stress on the workers. But they preserve their traditional regional patterns and the wool/cotton fibers they work in 

While at the school the Western visitors looked in at the tailoring department and salvaged cotton waste scraps, usually thrown away, which the weavers turned into rag rugs on the new looms. The tailoring students hemmed and finished them  

Anyone wanting to support WARP, who are always needing funds, and currently running a raffle for textile prizes, go to their website. Good people.

Meanwhile the kitchen isn't always about cooking food. It's also about reading about food, and here's what's up Chez Boud today

Full of journal notes and ideas and recipes 

Yesterday I made a variation on the spicy chickpea tuna dish, using cannellini beans because it's what I had

With chutney and Thai basil. Today's lunch was the rest of it, over rice. Beans are so neutral you can use a lot of spice and they're never too hot, just interesting.

The puzzle answer which everyone got who tried it, (and the broad clue I gave in the book review) is 

MOUSETRAP

Happy day everyone, lovely wet spring day here, nice for the gardens, humans just have to get wet.