SPECIALIST GROUP AIMS TO KEEP IKAT SILK DYEING TRADITION ALIVE IN CAMBODIA
April 21st, 2015
A SPECIALIST silk organisation is working to keep alive the traditional process of Cambodia Ikat silk dyeing. It involves yarns being tied into segments and dyed separately - using all natural dyes before hand-weaving these into patterned fabric. The process, said Seila Polham, the founder of Khmer Artisanry, is “complicated and time consuming” – but it is what sets this traditional segment of textiles in Cambodia apart from machine-produced chemical dyed silk widely available in the market. Ikat silk’s special characteristics come from dyeing only ...
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