We, at Tamarind are fortunate to have visited our manufacturers personally, meeting with individual textile artisans and gaining knowledge about the traditional woodblock-printing process.

We make sure that our products are made from 100% environmentally sound materials and that the workers who make our beautiful textiles are paid fairly and work in good conditions. After speaking with individual artisans about their salaries, we were delighted to hear they received fair wages and some additional benefits.

The various skilled textile artisans who collectively produce our magnificent textile prints are good-humored, happy people. Their workspace is full of natural light as well as good over-head light, allowing them to see the appropriate block-print designs with clarity.

Other artisans prepare eco-friendly natural dyes, made by extracting colours from various plants, vegetables, nuts, spices and minerals. Hibiscus, onion, indigo, safflower and turmeric are all examples of dye-yielding plants.

Meanwhile, women in nearby villages create extraordinary embroidery by hand-stitching two pieces of thick block-printed cotton together. The hand-stitching is done with a visible, light-coloured thread and follows the block-print design creating a raised pattern.

Photographs by Laura Chenoweth

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