Yes I love Proverbs and Quotes equally!
Today
I read an Arab proverb:”Every thread has a soul. ”Awesome I think I suggest my
poetess daughter to write a poem on this title…….may be the poem with this name
will be a reputed poem anybody ever heard! In Goggling it, I found two other
references to this proverb one in the old issue of Selvedge where I noticed
its existence.
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Selvedge |
Selvedge is published every two months and
retails at the eyebrow-raising price of £9.95 an issue. I had leafed through it
in the shop several times before I took the plunge to buy an issue, and fell in
love with it.
It
is just a beautiful magazine with gorgeous photos and illustrations….Have a
look…….Subscribe…
And
the another one I found HERE
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Market of textiles |
In the Maghreb region of
Northwest Africa – namely Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya – lies a
breathtakingly beautiful heritage of weaving among Berber women. In a harsh
land characterized by stark terrain and endless sands, the brightly colored
carpets, blankets and clothing woven from sheep, goat and camel wool draw on
the region’s religious and spiritual symbols, carrying a strangely fascinating
mysticism.
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Living in harsh conditions
Weaving carries much prestige
among the Berber peoples – and is exclusively left to the women who traditionally
weave kilims – tapestries representing the traditional appearance and
uniqueness of the region of origin of each tribe. Amazigh women are therefore
the guardians of the Amazigh culture. Hamid Kachmar, a Moroccan born artists of
indigenous Berber ancestry, whose art is grounded in the Amazigh culture
philosophy is based on a trilogy of Akal, Awal, Afghan – which means
respectively: land, language and people. In a society that lacks any written
forms for centuries, textiles weaved by the Amazigh women may have filled the
gap.
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Amazigh textile |
The ancient Arab proverb of
“every thread has a soul” reflects the personification of textile creation.
Amongst African and Islamic weavers, Imazighen consider their fabrics to be
amulets or talismans having remedial powers to protect them and their families
from darker forces. The motifs are steeped in symbolism – and are generally
associated with the fertility of earth and women, the good and the evil, love
and hate, truth and falsity, beauty and ugliness.
Amazigh textile is a reflection
of the diverse and sometimes extreme natural and political environments. For
the nomad tribesman born and roaming in the Atlas Mountains, textiles have not
only been a necessity of life but also a means of creative expression.
According to the Textile Museum of Canada and the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
they are a way of documenting life experiences and relations with nature and
other cultures. The traditional signs and symbols have been used as a metaphor
for colonial policies that forced foreign languages and cultures and an
allegory of the limitation of liberties in the postcolonial era.
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Hand
made in Morocco by by the Berber
women from the Middle Atlas Mountains
of Morocco. It is hand-woven primarily made from wool with a touch of
decorative cotton. This beautiful flatweave consists of traditional motifs
found throughout Amazigh (Berber) art.
This authentic flat weave makes a unique wall hanging, goes well on furniture or underlay the bottom with no slip material and display on the floor.
Lets talk about some crochet and peek into this BLOG Post..This authentic flat weave makes a unique wall hanging, goes well on furniture or underlay the bottom with no slip material and display on the floor.
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