Field Notes – Threads of Life

In Indonesia, very little is accomplished unless it is done face-to-face, which is clearly hard to achieve during this Coronavirus ...
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October 29, 2020 / Jean Howe

In traditional communities all across Indonesia, epidemics or disasters are seen as an imbalance of life on the earth and ...
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August 21, 2020 / Jean Howe

On this end of the year trip to Savu we intended to focus on deepening our understanding of the construction ...
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November 15, 2019 / Jean Howe

During this trip to East Sumba we had the fascinating opportunity to observe the traditional mud dyeing process. We joined ...
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October 15, 2019 / I Made Maduarta

The recipe used for making a yellow-brown natural dye for traditional batiks in central Java is known as soga. Soga ...
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September 19, 2019 / William Ingram

In September our fieldstaff visited both Flores and Timor to meet with weavers working with Threads of Life. Twenty years ...
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September 15, 2019 / Yansen Alfred Tuan

When I first came to Bali in 1986 I remember talking to Pung as I was trying to learn some ...
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August 1, 2019 / Jean Howe

The island of Palu’e is located off the north coast of Flores in the Flores Sea and is part of ...
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July 4, 2019 / Jean Howe

During the latter half of May, Tutut, Leah Uhe (our AVI -Australian Volunteer International) and myself made our second visit ...
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May 28, 2019 / Jean Howe