future events
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Cultural Textiles Tour: Gujarat, India
29 November 2024 - 18 December 2024
The Cultural Textiles: Gujarat, India tour introduces the histories, landscapes, culture, and the unique textile traditions of this fascinating state by city tours, museums visits, workshops with artisan communities, designers and / or social enterprise organisations. It’s a great introduction to Indian textile techniques as the state has outstanding weaving, embroidery, Bandhani (tie dye), natural dyes and block printing. We meet many artisans and their communities and do short workshops for a hands-on experience of techniques with some. We stay in good, comfortable hotels and with excellent food. The trip is well organised by a local agent, and we are accompanied by very knowledgeable guides plus I’m with the group for the whole time and comment on textile techniques and traditions in the state. Am hoping for at least 10 people and the cost for 10 to 15 people is $A6330 each person and a single supplement is available: more details in the descriptor. Does not include return flights to Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Having taken groups to Gujarat since 2012, first UNSW students then anyone interested, 2024 will be the last time I led a tour to Gujarat state in this long format.
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Events include exhibition openings, talks, weaving workshops and demonstrations, studio sales and her Cultural Textiles tours to India.
Her studio sales are usually held in October as part of Sydney Craft Week while her workshops, exhibitions and talks are scheduled at various times. Please see the workshop menu for details of previous and forthcoming workshops. Major exhibitions are shown under the exhibition’s menu.
Liz's Cultural Textiles tours to India focus on artisan handmade textiles and include visits to regional weaving, textiles and natural dye units; short workshops by experienced artisans; presentations by designers, curators and practitioners; visits to social enterprise organizations, museums and historical sites with plenty of time to experience the culture, landscape, environment, beauty and uniqueness of each region.
The Cultural Textiles are currently on hold due to the pandemic but are tentatively scheduled for late 2022 / early 2023. Planned tours are to Gujarat with an extension trip to Jaipur, Rajasthan; a tour of weaving and natural dye units in Western India; and a tour of West Bengal and Bangladesh, the two parts of undivided Bengal renowned for Jamdani weaving and Kantha stitch embroidery.