Friday, August 31, 2007

Manual spinners and weavers

Manual handspinning....Gandhi was a handspinner and a weaver in the latter part of his years.


weaver...we were taking a tea break...tea at three.

manual weaving


P. Mary is the eldest of her five member household. They live in a three-room home with a new baby on the way.



Handloomers






These are pictures from two villages; Srivilliputhur and Sublapuram, Madurai westside. These folks concentrate on manual weaving and looming. Right now, most of the people here only have enough work for about 10 days out of one month. I want to change that for them...let's give them something to do!

2 comments:

Steam Powered Pachyderm said...

I love you photographs. You've got a good eye.

Anonymous said...

Hello Valli, I'd like to talk to you about your project but there doesn't seem to be an email address on your blog - how can I get in touch with you? Thanks Olivia