I continue to find photos in the various archives that I am sorting through. Here are a few snippets.
1985 or 1986, at my loom Glimokra loom which I had included in our shipment to Bhutan – this was a lovely spot for the loom in our house. Look at that sunshine, and note the sweater I am wearing – nice and warm, handknit from Nepal. ( The sweater was purchased for me by a friend in Bangladesh who travelled to Nepal and brought it back for me. It was only a couple of years later that I got to wear it in Bhutan) Our living room there in Bhutan was very big – and very cold in the winter unless the sun was shining or we were nestled near the Bukari, the woodburning stove
a postcard of a painting in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Wever en weefstoel, 1884, The loom
In London one time we were visiting one of the sons and we were wandering around in the Antiques Market in Chelsea. I saw a painting which reminded me of this one. I dithered about buying it – 100 pounds seemed like a lot and besides how could we get the painting back to Dublin. Alas, I didn’t buy it and I’m sure you can tell that I have regretted that ever since.
Rugweaving at a workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1983
rugweaving, Kathmandu, 1983, note the cartoon of the dragon pinned up at the top of the loom – we bought several rugs in Bhutan that had that pattern so this workshop might have been where they were coming from.
I’m not sure – this workshop might have been a workshop for Tibetan refugees. Maybe someone can fill me in here.
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