March 17, 2010

tibetan artisans in bylakuppe - carpet weaving

last weekend when in bylakuppe, we also visited a few artisans who have made it their home.


our first visit was to a tibetan carpet weaving workshop. tibetan rugs are considered to be one of the finest quality carpets. here are a few glimpses.
































dana's daughters. may be i should use this picture to illustrate "balance in composition" ;)

khaden - seat carpet

the colorful yarn comes together

master weaver at work. i wish id written down her name somewhere. i will update this blog as soon as im able to find that now.



and the magic gets woven...

she reads this graph..

and weaves this rug..

dechen with her loom.


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