Ever since the first teaching trip to India with Ace Camps in 2014, we’ve been working with the same small-batch blockprinters in the Rajasthani village of Bagru to produce our small batches of limited-run blockprinted scarves. So far, we’ve produced 5 different designs, and now we’re thrilled to introduce two new scarves: Sun & Moon …
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Sun & Moon and Matchsticks
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From Rajasthan, with love
The response to our new range of block printed scarves has been fantastic! Thanks so much to everyone who already bought one at our Thursday night event, and online too. If you’re interested in finding out more about the process of traditional Indian block printing, this video shows it beautifully.
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Launching: Block Printed Scarves
Join us in our shop tonight as we launch our exciting collection of hand-blocked cotton scarves, which I designed after my teaching trip to Jaipur with Ritchie Ace Camps last October. Each scarf has been block printed by hand in a small printing house in Bagru village, just outside Jaipur, using vegetable dyes and printed onto fine cotton …
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Inspired by India
After returning home from my teaching trip to Jaipur with Ritchie Ace Camps last year, I was so excited about what I’d learned about the Rajasthani block printing I’d seen, but I was kicking myself a little for not having met up with printers to develop something for Skinny laMinx. I had been in the land of …
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Back from Jaipur
Where to begin with my travelogue? I spent almost three weeks in Jaipur, and it felt like entering another lifetime, with Cape Town a distant planet, many galaxies away. This was a full immersion experience and quite frankly, I could die quite happy right now. But before I go, I’ll do my best to try …
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Teaching in Jaipur
I’ve been keeping something under my hat for a couple of months, dying to spill the beans, and now that everything’s in place, I’m so excited to to let you know about…. Yup, this October, I’ll be heading off to Jaipur in India to teach on a Ritchie Ace Camps 8-day block printing tour. I’m …
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