

南部物語
Crafting Wearable Art

a visual presentaion behind the story of “nambu”
right from its raw stage till its final identity.
a unique recipe where old tradition is the main
ingriedient,with true flavours from nature and
lastly a pinch of my wild yet subtle design
sesnibilites to bring to you “nambu” all the way
from leh-ladakh india

first step involves cleaning of wool manually
to get rid of all the debris and then it needs
to be washed .
dried wool is then comed to create bails using
“balchad” (brush comb in local language)
STEP 1


the ready bails are then hand spun to create
yarn.
spun yarns are then made into balls called
“tugu”in local language


糸が切れた後
準備された毛糸玉または
トゥグは開かれなければならない
染色するためにベイルを作る

READY YARN BAILS

「TSOS」
染色の芸術
自然の風味は
南部物語の2番目の特別な材料
古くからの染色の伝統
フォローされています
3つのメインカラー、
マスタード、インディゴ、 クルミ
追加するために使用される
フレーバーに
「南部」
II PART OF THE STORY







LACHU
lachu is a plant
which is found on
the mountain
plains and this
is the plant
which gives the
holy mustard
colour
INDIGO
The most
beautiful and
vibrant shade
from indigo
blocks but not
native to ladakh.
WALNUT
dried walnut
shells is used
to get shades of
brown

Dye is prepared by
crusing it down to power and
put in a cottan sack, after
which it it thrown
in medium-hot water.

The ready bail is then
thrown in the dye solution and we have to let it sit in for couple of hours until the yarns have soaked the
dye completely

This is how the dyed yarn
will look like when
it has soaked in all the dye

Dyed and processed yarn ready for weaving