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Tai・lue Round Table 02｜Choosing the Right Size
Allo｜In Everyday Life
A visual guide to the many ways Allo cloths can be placed, wrapped, layered, and draped in everyday life.
Allo｜Usage and Size Guide
A practical guide to using Allo cloths and choosing the right size for placing, wrapping, folding, and washing.
Talieng｜Living Environment and Round Tables
A record of the living environment of the Talieng in the mountains of southern Laos and the round tables at the cente...
Tai・lue Round Table｜Form and Everyday Life
A round table seen in a Tai・lue village in northern Laos. Through the house, cotton drying, meals, and rest, we exami...
먹 Meok｜From Pine to Ink
The pine-soot ink used for the 먹 Meok Series is made by Korean ink maker Han Sang-muk. We trace how pine is burned to...
먹 Meok｜Dyeing Allo with Pine-Soot Ink
YUSU dyes woven and knitted Allo in Korea with pine-soot ink. We document the pigment properties of the ink and how t...
Dalo’s Double-Layered Structure｜Tightly Woven Nigalo
Dalo is densely woven in a double-layered structure, with inner and outer baskets fitted together. We look at how thi...
Harvesting Nigalo｜A Five-Hour Walk into the Mountains
The wild-growing site is about a five-hour walk from the artisans’ village. We follow the search for Nigalo, the arti...
Nigalo｜A Small Bamboo of the Himalayan Mountains
Nigalo is the bamboo used to make Dalo. From the environment at around 2,000 metres in Darchula, far-western Nepal, a...
From Fiber to Yarn｜Hand Spinning
Allo fibers differ in length and condition. They are aligned, joined, and twisted into a continuous yarn, then take s...
From Plant to Fiber｜Allo Fiber Processing
Harvesting, drying, boiling with wood ash, washing and beating in the river, and Camelo. We document the process thro...
What Is Allo?｜A Fiber from a Wild Himalayan Plant
Allo grows wild in the Himalayan mountains. We look at the plant itself, the processing skills passed down among Kulu...
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