A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post on young girls learning to weave in Muang Vaen, one of the premier weaving villages in Laos. I embedded two videos we took in Muang Vaen in June and in this post I wanted to feature two more experienced weavers. When I say "experienced" you may think of a woman, maybe in her thirties or older, but often experienced weavers, since they begin learning to weave so young, are often young women still in their teens. In Muang Vaen several of the women have a number of looms where they employ these young women to weave for them. Most of the weaving still happens in homes and within familial groups, but here the young women can earn a decent wage for weaving the exquisite silk textiles you can see here at Laos Essential Artistry.
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