Pack of 10 greeting cards, textile, Ikat

Ikat Textiles are made of plain woven cloth with characteristically soft edges between the colours that make up the pattern. Ikat involves a time consuming technique of wrapping the warp and sometimes weft threads in bundles to create a resist, then dyeing them before weaving. Despite its complexity, the technique developed across different cultures and continents independently from at least 500ce, appearing in diverse locations from Pre-Columbian Peru and Guatemala, 10th century Yemen, Japan, Indonesia and India to Uzbekistan.Traditionally, ikat fabrics are used for garments and facings for paranjas; long cloaks Uzbek women wear to leave the house...