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Laos Essential Artistry Posting Page
Sunday, January 18, 2009
 The Dok Champa, the Sandlewood flower as we know it here in the states, is the national flower of Laos, and rightly so. It's exquisitely beautiful, the shading of yellow is stunning and to walk down a peaceful Lao road at night when the Dok Champa trees are in full bloom is intoxicating. The scent is subtle, but it's a scent that seems to seek into all your pores and lift one heavenward. As do Taykeo's textiles, some of our favorites. We've known Taykeo Sayavongkhamdy for over five years ago and in fact rented a house fairly close to her gallery and it was always fun for Bai and I to stop by and watch the weavers and marvel at the beautiful designs Taykeo was recreating from antique masterpieces. We purchased a selection of one of our favorite designs on this last trip, sumptuous silk scarves featuring four techniques of Lao weaving. They're very difficult to weave, but the completed silk scarves are true works of art. Beautiful to look at, like stained glass, and the exclusive use of Lao silk makes them incredibly soft to wear. We love them. We were taking photos of them today to post on our website (over the next several weeks) and wanted to include two photos in our blog today. The first one above shows several of the four technique silk scarves draped over ikat silk scarves with Dok Champa Flowers pinned in the middle. Bai was arranging the scarves and I think she captured the magic of Taykeo's silk scarves in this arrangement, don't you? And the photo belows shows three of the four technique silk scarves draped over a wooden screen. Aren't they gorgeous!? They will be for sale soon on our website and for the first time in three years we will have two booths at the Asian Heritage Street Fair in San Francisco in May and look forward to showcasing the Taykeo textiles we have. 
by: Laos Essential Artistry 
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