Kikuo Morimoto first sought out five elderly "silk grandmas", or old experts, from villages to help teach the craft. It was a process that was traditionally handed down through the generations.
Not a single drop of synthetic colours is needed for textiles created under the IKTT when nature provides an abundance of lovely shades! The basic colours in traditional Khmer textiles are obtained from roots, leaves and tree bark of indigenous tropical plants.
Not a single drop of synthetic colours is needed for textiles created under the IKTT when nature provides an abundance of lovely shades! The basic colours in traditional Khmer textiles are obtained from roots, leaves and tree bark of indigenous tropical plants.
Kikuo Morimoto hopes that by reviving traditional textile production in Cambodia, the impoverished villages will once again be a self sustaining unit.
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