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	ADINKRA - printed ceremonial cloths of Ghana The printed ceremonial cloths of Ghana have symbolic meaning and significance. This film, shot in Ghana explores and explains the designs as well as showing in detail the carving, dyeing and printing processes. Filmed in Ghana the contents include: making Adinkra print dye, carving the Adinkra stamps, printing Adinkra, dyeing funeral cloths, embroidered and woven joins, Adinkra designs. 35 mins Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	WORLD SPINNING & WEAVING TRADITIONS - SPECIAL OFFER For a complete understanding of traditional woven textiles buy both World Spinning Traditions & World Weaving Traditions for just £29.95 - you save over £10!!! Price: £29.95 Delivered
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	WORLD SPINNING TRADITIONS Today, the skills and techniques of hand spinning are rarely practised even where hand weaving and knitting crafts survive. Cheap, inferior, machine made yarns are now readily available in the markets. These unique films from locations across the world show some of the surviving traditions of spinning which still produce yarns used to create the world's finest hand made textiles. Contents include: Spinning with animal fibres in Peru, Mexico and Turkey, showing washing and carding of fleeces and spinning on drop spindle and wheel. Spinning with Plant Fibres in Laos, Sumba, Guatemala and Myanmar showing carding of cotton, pulling out lotus stem fibres and spinning on drop spindle and wheel. Silk spinning in Thailand showing the culture of the silk worm. VI. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	WORLD WEAVING TRADITIONS A moving encyclopedia of traditional techniques. See, for the first time, exactly how the traditional weavers of the world produce their breathtakingly beautiful textiles. Use freeze frame, slow motion and zoom to find and study a technique, country or design. Plus commentary on the customs, culture and ecology influencing the weavers. HOW51. Double disc title. 130 minutes Price: £24.99 Delivered
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	LAST NOMADS OF THE YAYLA The Yayla is the name given to the summer pastures in the high Taurus mountains in Southern Turkey. The film reveals the way of life in the Yayla and shows in detail how the nomads milk their goats, make cheese, care for their camels, spin, weave, embroider and cook. The traditional Black Tent is shown in detail as well as cave and stone dwellings. 50mins Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	GLASS BEADMAKING IN TURKEY AND GHANA This unique DVD shows two main traditional methods of glass beadmaking with both and shows in detail how beautiful handcrafted beads are produced. In Turkey, glass beads are made in a furnace and the technique is shown in Mahmut Sur’s workshop in Kurudere. In Ghana, in the Krobo workshop of Nomoda Djaba and in the workshop in Asiofia, the ingredients of the beads are arranged in moulds which are then fired in a kiln. Filmed entirely on location this film is instructive and exciting for any beadmaking enthusiast. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	FELTMAKING IN TURKEY An illuminating study of the popular technique from a country where it is still widely practised. Includes detailed demonstrations of felt rugmaking and making a dervish hat.. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	TRADITIONAL PERUVIAN WEAVING High in the mountain valleys around Cusco some of the Peruvian textile traditions dating back thousands of years are still being carried on. This film goes into the villages to see men and women spinning, dyeing, warping up, weaving and finishing with woven braids. The contents include spinning on a drop spindle, dyeing with cochineal, skeleton warp, complementary warp weaving, woven tubular edging and beaded ribbons. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	PERUVIAN KNITTED HATS In the old Inca villages in the mountains around the Sacred Valley near Cusco and in islands in the middle of Lake Titicaca, men and women still knit hats as part of their traditional costume. Each village has its own unique shape and design of hat. This film shows men and women knitting hats in the villages of Accha alta, Chinchero, Pitumarca, Chahuaytiri in the Cusco area and on the islands of Amantini and Taquile on Lake Titicaca. Price: £9.99 Delivered
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	KENTE - woven ceremonial cloths of Ghana Kente is one of Africa's most celebrated textiles. Kente's bold and colourful patterns are intricately woven and each design and finished cloth has a name and a meaning. Filmed in Ghana. Contents include: Warping up, Weaving on two heddles, Weaving on four heddles, Ashante Kente designs, Ewe Weaving at Agbozume, Ewe Weaving at Sogakofe. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	BATIK in JAVA In Java a rich tradition of complex batik artistry grew up around the court life of the Sultans of Jogyakarta and Solo. Throughout Java this was extended and developed. It is still practised widely today both as a means of earning a living and to provide tradtioinal daily costumes which are worn in Java and Indonesia. The film shows batik processes in the traditional centres of Jogyaka, Solo and Cirebon. With footage of the traditional costumes and dance, wax application with canting and stamps. The complex waxing, dyeing and rewaxing processes are shown and explained in detail. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	THAI HILLTRIBE EMBROIDERIES This video shows in detail the embroideries of the six Hilltribes of Northern Thailand and the costumes that they adorn. Includes: a Karen blouse with seed emboidery, Yao trousers with horizontal/vertical stitch, a Lisu hat with stitched braids, a Lahu dress with patchwork panels, an Akha jacket with couched applique, Blue Hmong batik and applique and White Hmong reverse applique. All filmed in the villages of this beautiful mountain area. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	KALAGAS - BURMESE EMBROIDERED TAPESTRIES The padded embroideries of Burma are unique. Their combination of legendary figures and animals; sequins, stones, and mirrors create hangings unlike any others. Although Burma has been largely inaccessible for almost 50 years families continue to work on producing Kalagas of high quality. This film shows the process of producing Kalagas in the Mandalay area. Filmed in Mandalay. Contents: The whole process of creating these ornate embroideries including designs, sewing and the making of the sequins, glass stones and metalled thread. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	TRADITIONAL SILK WEAVING IN THAILAND Isarn in N.E. Thailand has been a cradle of silk worm rearing and silk weaving for thousands of years. The processes are still carried on by families in village houses where silk worms are grown and fed on mulberry leaves and silk reeled in the traditional way. Silk sarongs and scarves of extraordinary quality with traditional designs and colours are hand-woven in weft ikat and supplementary weft techniques. Filmed in Isarn. Contents: rearing of silk worms and production of silk, tying and dyeing for weft ikat weaving and the unique heddle system for weaving complicated supplementary weft. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	AJRAKH - MORDANT RESIST AND TIE DYE The complex process of creating Ajrakh cloth was introduced by the Moghuls and the detailed patterns are reputed to be Sufi designs. Produced by the men of Muslim communities the cloth is used by them for shawls, lunghis and turbans. The film shows in detail the making of the hand carved printing blocks and the block printed mordant dyed and resist dyed process in Damadka. The film also includes a fascinating section on block printing with wax and the tying and dyeing of beautiful saris and dupattas in Kutch. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	THE IKATS OF SUMBA Sumba in Indonesia still produces complex and superb quality Ikats with unique and original designs. Ikats are woven in traditional villages to produce cloths which are still worn for ceremonial occasions. using indigo and a red dye from tree roots the people of this remote island have developed the skill of Ikat weaving to a very high level using local materials and traditional designs. Filmed in Sumba, Indonesia. Contents: the complex process of tying, dyeing, and weaving shown in detail. Includes supplementary warp technique. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	MIRROR WORK & EMBROIDERIES The Indian decorative embroidery art of Mirror Work (shisha) is thought to have been developed by the wife of Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal in her honour. Since the time of the Moghuls the women of the Gujurat have continued to use mirrors in their embroideries. This film shows in detail how the mirrors are produced in small furnaces and features dowry embroidery of blouses and dress fronts, shawls, bedding covers, jewellery bags, and quilts - all incorporating the mirrors. These are worn and used by Ahir, Rabari, Harijans, Paks , Jats, Sodhas and Rajputs: nomadic, herding Muslim and Hindu communities. Filmed in the Rann of Kutch Contents include: blowing the shish glass, mirror work, chain stitch, filling stitches, cross stitch, appliqué, interlacing and soof embroidery. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	BACKSTRAP WEAVING Nowhere are the skills of backstrap weaving so widely practised as in Guatemala and Mexico. Everywhere weavers can be seen sitting down to weave , under a tree, in front of houses, inside open doorways. Complex and colourful designs reflecting thousands of years of tradition and skill are still produced from a few sticks and balls of yarn. This film unravels the secrets of backstrap weaving and shows how the ancient Amerindian cultures survive through it. Filmed in Mexico and Guatemala. Contents: The backstrap loom ,warping up backstrap loom and different weaving techniques used to produce an amazing range of multicoloured huipils and cloths. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	THE MAKING OF A KILIM Kilims have been woven in Turkey for thousands of year. In the villages of Anatolia the tradition survives. Kilims are woven with traditional motifs and patterns by women using local wool, natural dyes and ancient skills and designs. Filmed in Anatolia, Turkey. Contents: the wool market, spinning, natural dyes, weaving, designs and finishing. Price: £14.99 Delivered
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	STAGECRAFT A unique How-to DVD covering everything you need to know about working in live theatre, backstage and onstage. In easy-to-follow segments the DVD’s guide all the way from concept to opening performance. Fun to watch, but packed with information. "Delightful, informative and accessible" Alan Ayckbourn Disc 1: ONSTAGE Character Interpretation - Timing and Technique - Stage Management - Writing and directing for pantomime Disc 2: BACKSTAGE Set Design - Props and Costumes - Lighting & Sound - Make-Up Price: £21.99 Delivered
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