Asia Monitor Resource Centre –
Homenet International article on Prae Pan Group
BALLE-Nova
Scotia – Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
HomeNet
Thailand – This association is the coordinating centre of the
network of homebased producers and homeworkers, and non-governmental
organizations in Thailand.
Homenet Thailand – spotlight on
Panmai Group
Laos: Remnants of War photo essay – Our newest supplier is in Laos, the least
developed and most rural country in Southeast Asia. This photo essay
illustrates the importance and dangers of alternative forms of income
generation in an area that continues to be endangered by the ‘Vietnam’
War.
Mulberries – One of the Lao silk producing groups we now trade with. A
not-for-profit company, it creates income-generating opportunities for
Lao people in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.
Pueblito – Eco-friendly fair trade jewellery and gifts handmade by artisans in
South America.
Thai
Food & Travel – Kasma Loha-unchit offers Thai cooking
classes in the San Francisco Bay area, online recipes and small-group
adventure tours in Thailand to explore Thai culture off-the-beaten
track. Read Kasma's blog entry, A Treasure of Northeastern Thailand:
Weaving Villages.
The
ThaiCraft Association – This organization sells high quality
Thai crafts and promotes fair trade for partner artisan groups with
monthly fairs in Bangkok.
Work
for Widows – This project provides much needed income to
abandoned and widowed women in Sri Lanka by providing materials,
training and a marketplace for products they create to support their
families and educate their children.
World
Fair Trade Organization – Formerly IFAT, the global
network of Fair Trade Organizations's mission is to improve the
livelihoods and well being of disadvantaged producers by linking and
promoting Fair Trade Organizations, and speaking out for greater
justice in world trade.
World
Fair Trade Day – Celebrate May 8, 2010 in the
annual global campaign for the fair trade movement connecting
producers and consumers around the world.
Worldviews
Asian Adventures – Our friend Roger Harmon runs fascinating
small-group tours in Southeast Asia, using his skills and connections
from his Peace Corps days in the region.
Anna
Quilts – Quilt artist, respected teacher and designer, Anna
Davison is also founder of the Women's
Work Project.
Atlantic Spinners and Handweavers -- An active group of weavers, spinners and dyers in Atlantic Canada, partner in our Weavers Helping Weavers campaign in 2009/2010.
Bonnie
Samuel Designs – Read a great blog about Fiber
& Textiles in Art, Cultures, Life.
Canadian
Quilters' Association – This association promotes a greater
understanding, appreciation, and knowledge of the art, techniques, and
heritage of patchwork, appliqué and quilting.
EF
Magazine – Check out Canada's newest eco-fashion magazine.
Ethical
Fashion Forum – This not-for-profit network focuses on social
and environmental sustainability in the fashion industry.
Ethical
Style – An online magazine about eco-fashion issues that
features TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles in their October 2008 Behind
the Seams blog.
Fashion
Takes Action – A member-based social
enterprise dedicated to sustainable fashion in Canada. We're
members.
Floating
Stone Silk Accessories – Our friend Lynda works with
Cambodian groups to produce beautiful silk accessories, fairly traded.
Kate
Church Sculptural Puppetry – Kate is using some of our silks
in her whimsical creations.
Laurie Swim Quilt Art – We're
captivated by Laurie's use of the quilt to tell stories and show
feeling. Her latest book is a gem. Laurie used an exquisite piece of
TAMMACHAT's naturally dyed mudmee silk in the reflection on water in
her piece to the left.
Raw
Beauty. 16 x 16 inch Mixed Media Fibre, Laurie Swim 2008 (click on the
image to view a larger version)
Lake
Ainslie Weavers and Craft Guild – Located in beautiful Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia, this thriving weaving guild runs the Scotsville School of Crafts with
Spring and Fall Courses. Worth a visit.
Méversible – Melanie makes the cutest hats ever and uses TAMMACHAT's fabrics for some of them! Check out the Fair Trade section of her site.
Nova
Scotia Designer Crafts Council – The NSDCC represents over
300 individual artisans and craft enthusiasts through markets,
exhibitions and other activities, promoting the work of its members
locally, nationally and internationally. Because we very much support
local artisans too, we're members.
Pangnirtung
Tapestry Studio – These Inuit women tapestry weavers are part
ofthe Uqqurmiut
Centre for Arts & Crafts on Baffin Island, Nunavut,
in the Far Northof Canada. You see them here wearing silk scarves
handcrafted by weavers in Thailand and Laos!
Pollination
Project – an education and development centre in rural Nova
Scotia, Canada that offers opportunities to explore the inherent
connections between healthy food, artistic expression, mindful
practices and just society.
Prae Pan Group – One of the weaving co-operatives whose work we
carry gives background information on the group and can provide info
for wholesale orders.
selvedge – This is our favourite textile magazine.
Studio
Art Quilt Associates – This international organization's
mission is to promote the art quilt through education, exhibitions,
professional development and documentation. We're members.
TAFA: The Textile and Fiber
Art List – A membership of textile and fiber art
artists, businesses, galleries and projects on the web.
The
Thai Textile Society – This non-profit organization is
dedicated to the study and appreciation of textiles, with particular
emphasis on the textiles of Thailand and Southeast Asia. We're members.
Valerie
Hearder – Val is an internationally respected art quilter,
teacher and author. Learn more about her project African Threads: Textiles in Support of Women in South Africa.
What's the big deal about bamboo? – Read more about whether this is an eco-friendly fibre or not. We stay
away from it, unless it's used as the peeled skin of bamboo that's
woven into baskets.
Women's
Work Project – "She works willingly with her hands," is the
theme of this fibre project to celebrate women around the world.