Arts Flashcards
Thai silkworms are fed a diet of ___ leaves.
Thai silkworms are fed a diet of mulberry leaves
Thai silk is produced from the ___ of ____.
It is mainly produced in ___ which is the center of the silk industry in Thailand.
Cocoons, Thai silkworms
Khorat
Silk weaving in Cambodia dates to as early as the ___ century since textiles were used for trading.
First
Main types of Cambodian weaving:
___ (Khmer term: ___) - to create patterns, weavers ___ and ___ portions of weft yarn before weaving begins. Common motifs include lattice, star, and spots.
___ - it yields single or two-color fabrics, which are produce by weaving ___ threads so that the color of ___ thread dominates on one side of the fabric, while the other two determine the color on the reverse side.
Ikat: chongkiet, tie and dye
Uneven twill, three threads, one thread
Cambodian textiles have employed natural dyes coming from ____-red dye;___-blue dye;___-yellow and green dye; and ___-black dye.
insect nests, indigo, prohut bark, ebony bark
Cambodia’s modern silk-weaving centers are ___, ___, ___, ___, and ___ provinces. Cambodian silk is generally sold domestically, where it is used in ___ (___ ___), ____, and ___ (___ ___).
Takeo, Battambang, Beanteay Meanchey, Siem Reap, Kampot
Sampot; wrap skirts, furnishing, and pidan (pictoral tapestries)
Rural women often weave ____ ____ fabric, which is used in garments and for household purposes. ___, the traditional check ____ worn almost universally by ___, are made of cotton.
Homemade cotton, Krama, scarves, Cambodians
___- the ___ women’s ankle long skirt whose form is undeniable, but whose patterns are unique to each skirt.
Sihn, Lao
____ ____ silks were born in Vietnam.
Many of our Vietnamese fabrics originated from __ ___, the center of weaving and sericulture (____ ___ ___) for centuries.
Golden thread silks
Ha Dong
Silk worm production
Some popular Vietnamese fabric ranges are:
_____
_____
_____- an all natural lustrous silk hand woven in southern Vietnam and naturally dyed using ____ ____ pods. The fabric dates back over a century, hut was only recently revitalized by the designer __ __ ___.
Shantung taffeta
Bengaline weave
Ebony satin, ebony fruit, Vo Viet Chung
Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
The fabric most common to both countries is the ___. The term ___ is an ____-____ word, believed to be related to the Malay word ___, which means “____”, “___”, or “___”.
Batik, batik, Indonesian-Malay, titik
Point, dot, drop
Two categories of batik desgins
___
___
Geometric motifs
Free form designs
In Malaysia, the states of ___ and ___ are considered to be the cradle where batik first flourished, reaching even ___’s shores.
There are two main types or batik that are produced there:
____ ____ - the artist uses the canting, a small copper container with one or more different-sized pipes.
____ ____ - is done by welding together strips of metal to form a metal block. The metal block is then dripped into molten wax and pressed against the fabric in order to make a pattern.
Kelantan, Terengganu, Singapore’s
Hand painted
Block printed
Nowadays batik is featured as the uniform of ___ ___ for the official flag carrier airlines of ____, ____, and ___.
Flight attendants
Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia
Brunei’s traditional textile is also called batik but it is uniquely different from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Its designs have their natural flower ___, ___-___ (____ ___) and Brunei’s traditional design of ___ ___.
Simpur, sumboi-sumboi (pitcher plant), air muleh
