Pages

Tuesday 26 April 2011

Indienne/Perse

'A type of printed or painted textile, which was manufactured in Europe between 17th-19th century. Inspired by the Indian/Persian prints imported to Europe at the time, the original Indian techniques for textiles printing involved long and complicated processes, necessitating the use of mordants or metallic salts to fix the dyes. The beautiful, vibrant, colors, came from the garance plant for red, indigo for blue and gaude for yellow.'
                 - Info from Wiki -
...............
Les Indiennes
'Les Indiennes is an environmentally conscious and socially responsible company. We make printed cotton fabric in south India according to an age-old process that is altogether friendly to the environment. And because we bring fair trade employment to the communities where the work takes place, local culture is unaffected and continues to thrive.'

Even their catalogue is hand bound... beautiful! 
Online inspirational Flipbook is also worth a good look.

No comments: