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Laos Essential Artistry Posting Page
Thursday, July 23, 2009
 Now we're back from Laos and I can more easily post to our blog, where do I begin? Obviously in reading our last post, the best news from Laos is that Bai's dad miraculously survived a serious illness and we are grateful for his recovery every day. But our travels up in Huaphan Province were amazing and we have lots of photos and video to share, and new textiles to add to our website... In this photo you can see Elli surrounded by intricately silk textiles handwoven by the women in Muang Vaen. Elli actually spent the morning interviewing a small group of the women about the motifs they incorporate in their textiles, but the fun part was after the "work" was over they brought out their textiles for Elli to look at and hopefully buy. She bought quite a few and we bought some, though we had already paid for an order of gorgeous silk scarves we had ordered back in December. In a future blog and within a month we'll begin adding them to our website. They are incredible and it amazes me that we haven't sold any of our textiles from Muang Vaen. The fact is they are true works of art and relatively inexpensive considering the craftwomanship and complexity of their weaving, and to be honest, they're a real bargain. We're patient though, and some day we know they'll be "discovered." And what a treasure they'll be for the people who discover them... I would love to bring a small group to Muang Vaen, not only for the opportunity to purchase silk textiles from the women who have woven them, but it's a classic Lao village situated alongside a small river that's very picturesque with great photo opportunities. So stay tuned as I might put together a two-week tour for next summer that would include going to Muang Vaen! by: Laos Essential Artistry 
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