Ikat

	Ikat The World Imagined (image detail)
	Ikat is derived from the Malay-Indonesian word mengikat which means “to tie or to bind.” Designs come from wrapping and re-wrapping yarn, dyeing and re-dyeing it before it is woven. Small changes in color are made during the weaving process with embroidery. Once the cloth is woven it is beetled (beaten with a mallet on a very hard and smooth surface) to mark the cloth and give it a sense of history. For a larger image, please click on thumbnails below.

Ikat is derived from the Malay-Indonesian word mengikat which means “to tie or to bind.” Designs come from wrapping and re-wrapping yarn, dyeing and re-dyeing it before it is woven.

Small changes in color are made during the weaving process with embroidery. Once the cloth is woven it is beetled (beaten with a mallet on a very hard and smooth surface) to mark the cloth and give it a sense of history.

For a larger image, please click on thumbnails below.

Lights in the Dark	Hope for a Sea Change (image detail)	My Love, My Wild Thing	Look Me in the Eye
By the River of Swirling Eddies	A Long While (1 of 3)	A Long While (2 of 3)	Fire of the Mountain
As Far as Cho-Fu-Sa	Love is Patient		Hidden City