Sulawesi, Toraja Karataun: Weavers with their natural dyed Sekomandi textiles that they made over the year for Threads of Life.
Sulawesi, Toraja Karataun: Tyeing patterns on an ikat frame. Young girls will work on a piece after school.
Sulawesi, Toraja Mamasa: A group of weavers who continue to make card woven trim called Palawa.
Sulawesi, Toraja Karataun: Making traditional baskets that will be used to carry a meal to the field.
Sulawesi, Toraja Karataun: Weaving a traditional basket with natural materials.
Sulawesi, Toraja Mamasa: Card weaving called Palawa.
Sulawesi, Toraja Karataun: Prepareing the bark of the root of Morinda citrifolia that is used in the red dye process.
Sulawesi, Toraja Karataun: Morilotong textiles using mud dye and tannins to achieve the deep black colour.
Sulawesi, Toraja Karataun: Foraging for dye plants.
Sulawesi, Toraja Karataun: Washing textiles in these fast moving streams after weaving assures the colours are colour fast when purchased at Threads of Life.
Sulawesi, Toraja Karataun: Tying a motif form memory on an ikat frame for making a Sekomandi textile.
Sulawesi, Toraja Karataun: One side of a Sekomandi textile being woven. Its pair will be woven and then they will be sewn together to make a large blanket.
Sulawesi, Toraja Karataun: Weaving on a backstrap loom.
Sulawesi, Toraja Karataun: Master weaver tying motifs on cotton threads for a Sekomandi textile.
