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Karthika Audinet on “Two Great Textile Traditions of Southern India,” Part 1, The Lecture
Superb lecture by Karthika Audinet on “Two Great Textile Traditions of Southern India,”
R. John Howe: Textiles and Text
On Saturday, April 18, 2015, textile designer, educator, and entrepreneur, Karthika Audinet
gave a Rug and Textile Appreciation Morning program highlighting the fine craftsmanship of hand-loomed fabrics and hand-painted textiles from southern India.
Karthika began with an illustrated lecture. She has given me both the illustrations and the text and what follows is a virtual version of her lecture.
(In many cases, you can click on an image to see a larger version. I will mark some that I think it would especially be to your advantage click on.)
Two Great Textile Traditions of South India
This is Karthika speaking:
Namaste everybody!(ed. Namaste means “I bow to the divine in you.”)
I decided to focus on just 2 major aspects that made Indian textiles stand out amongst world textiles and continues to do so:
• Fineness
• Color
It just so happens that South India, and especially the state…
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