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Indigo Textiles - Japan-Laos-Nigeria

A touring exhibition organised by the Crafts Councils Center Gallery, Crafts Council of NSW. Assisted by the Utah Foundation and the Crafts Board of the Australia Council. This exhibition is a unique focus on the ancient technique of indigo dyeing in the handspun and handwoven cloth of three countries. The indigo plants produce one of the oldest and most important dyes and the process survives in small pockets of Japan, Laos and Nigeria as an archaic expression of the indigenous culture.