Threads of Life, with William Ingram, located on Bali, spoke to us about their project which began in 1998. The gallery opened in 2002. The project encourages mico economic production and organizes all the small workshops into collaborative participation. It has become so successful that it is nearly an independent enterprise, with them as overseers. The plant mordrant project employs natural dyes 100% from plants.
The Bebali Foundation makes sustainable livelihoods for indigenous peoples.
info@ypbb.org The address of the organization is in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. Other sites are: bebali.org and plantmordant.org
I bought a silk shawl with Silk Thread and natural dyes and its debut was at the reception with the donors to the Yosemite Conservancy in Yosemite in late March...the Spring Celebration. The chair of the event from Ross, California, introduced herself, as she admired my shawl!
Here is the description, and when I have a photo, will post it. "This crepe shawl is designed and dyed by the Bebali Foundation with additional dyeing by traditional dyers with whom the Bebali Foundation and Threads of Life work . The Bebali FOundation's primary work over the past 15 years has been to recover traditional dye recipes, teach sustainable methods of harvesting and cultivation of these dye plants in the communities that Threads of Life weavers work. In creating this wearable art, the Bebali Foundation's dye team uses only sustainably harvested plants. This cloth has been mordanted with a plant mordant, Symplocos sp (www.plantmordant.org) and dyed with Terminalia catappa as the base and an over dye of Indigo - Strobilanthes cursia. "
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