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Sunrise on Lake Kariba, paper folding 101 – 25 June 2009 (am)October 22nd, 2009 Lake Cariba sunrise The morning of the day after we arrived in Binga (which is a small town on Lake Kariba in northern Zimbabwe). BEAUTIFUL. The previous afternoon was spent just meeting the group of women for the first time – and showing them baskets from other places (in last post)  I started the 5 day workshop of with a paper folding exercise - introducing the ladies to creasing and the idea of modelmaking
Binga… the place that time forgot – 24 June 2009 (pm)October 22nd, 2009 A room full of women. Waiting to weave.  Me, showing off my collection of baskets collected on my travels - Malaysian, Japanese, South African baskets  the lovely ladies loving the foreign weaves  LOVING it! Maxin (en route to Binga from Bulawayo) – 24 June 2009 (am)October 22nd, 2009 This guy was awesome. He said that his ability to carve wood came from a dream, as do all his carvings - from dream to reality without any in-between. Pretty cool  what an amazing chicken coop...
The New Basket Workshop starts – 23 June 2009October 22nd, 2009 the rank market on the first day of my trip to Zimbabwe earlier this year  fruit in a Japanese supermarket When I arrived in Zimbabwe (Bulawayo – my birth town) for a series of weaving workshops there with 2 different groups of women weavers, I was taken to the rank market, where a certain pride was shown by the people selling tomatoes and sorghum and so on. It immediately reminded me of the way produce and objects are often proudly and beautifully displayed in Japan – like the fruit in the second photo above… |
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