laos decorations Colors patterns and embroidery techniques distinguish both region and class. Lao Loum use silk almost exclusively in many of their traditional designs. Among Lao Theung, cotton materials are widely used. Khmu women are known for simple cotton sarongs with horizontal stripes, and long sleeved black blouses.
Silk painting; For beginners in silk painting, it is best to start with inexpensive pieces of white silk, like habutai. You can also choose silk chiffon, silk georgette, silk satin, silk taffeta and silk twill. Habutai is plain white silk with enough body to take the dye and it comes in three weighs- fine, medium and heavy.
Wayang kulit The wayang is usually made out of water buffalo hide and goat hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. However, the best wayang is typically made from young female buffalo parchment, cured for up to ten years
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laos decorations Colors patterns and embroidery techniques distinguish both region and class. Lao Loum use silk almost exclusively in many of their traditional designs. Among Lao Theung, cotton materials are widely used. Khmu women are known for simple cotton sarongs with horizontal stripes, and long sleeved black blouses.
Silk painting; For beginners in silk painting, it is best to start with inexpensive pieces of white silk, like habutai. You can also choose silk chiffon, silk georgette, silk satin, silk taffeta and silk twill. Habutai is plain white silk with enough body to take the dye and it comes in three weighs- fine, medium and heavy.
Wayang kulit The wayang is usually made out of water buffalo hide and goat hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. However, the best wayang is typically made from young female buffalo parchment, cured for up to ten years
wau kite; made from bamboo and paper.
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