A week of batik

In August 2020 we received the joyful news that our proposed training programme for a group of Hmong artisans would be given the funding it needed and given the green light from the Handicraft Skills for Tourism Small Grants Facility, an initiative of the Skills for Tourism Project (LAO/029). This grant enables us to continue our dual mission of providing improved livelihoods to village based artisans, whilst creating a new collection of designs. Continue reading to find out about what we got up to during the studio week long visit of 15 artisans as we exchanged skills in all things batik, hemp, indigo dye and product design.

Hmong cultureHeather SmithDecember 3, 2020laos, sustainable, handmade, culture, hmong, ethnic knowledge, batik, indigo, hemp