Tynrong! I like the name! Isn't it a striking one?!! A small village about 29 km from Cherrapunjee. 25 km of drive and the rest is a 1.5 hour of walk steep down hill. Next day it takes about 2.5 hours to walk back up and then legs are completely out of order! You walk like a duck for next 48 hours. (This is what happened to me :) It is a beautiful village on the hilly slopes nearing Bangladesh border with areca and orange trees allover.
Apart from areca nuts and oranges, Tynrong is known for pineapple fiber craft. Fiber is extracted from pineapple leaves then it is dried, sometimes dyed, twisted and knotted to make beautiful products like doilies, coasters, bottle bags, mobile bags etc.
With the craftspeople, I explored the pineapple fiber with some colored beads beads, knots and shapes and tried to make some hand knotted and beaded jewellery. Here are few pictures of the same...
I'm looking forward to develop more exciting stuff...
Would love to have your views and comments over the same.
Concept: Aarti Badamikar | Photograph: Arunima Singh | Model: Soumya Menon
Acknowledments: Peter Marbaniang, Eson Rymmai, Balbara, Pyndaphun Pde and Yake.
A wallpaper Wednesday of pineapple fiber here..
Apart from areca nuts and oranges, Tynrong is known for pineapple fiber craft. Fiber is extracted from pineapple leaves then it is dried, sometimes dyed, twisted and knotted to make beautiful products like doilies, coasters, bottle bags, mobile bags etc.
With the craftspeople, I explored the pineapple fiber with some colored beads beads, knots and shapes and tried to make some hand knotted and beaded jewellery. Here are few pictures of the same...
I'm looking forward to develop more exciting stuff...
Concept: Aarti Badamikar | Photograph: Arunima Singh | Model: Soumya Menon
Acknowledments: Peter Marbaniang, Eson Rymmai, Balbara, Pyndaphun Pde and Yake.
A wallpaper Wednesday of pineapple fiber here..
13 comments:
Awesome it is, beautiful model, marvelous photography, fabulous concept....
Love the fibre and its gooorgeous natural color! Wish the fibres were more accessible for us to explore with! Verry nice work (as always) Aartoos <3!
<3 to the photographer and the model too :)
Loved the fibre and the photography is beautiful! I can only imagine the beauty of nature what u must have enjoyed!
beautiful stuff! the choice of beads as well as the fibre colour is awesome!! what a lovely technique you've learnt and managed to implement into these products..great going :)
I had no clue that simple things can look so pretty :) U r blog is pretty interesting and inspiring.
Love
wow.... its superb.... speechless... thats great becoz of u i couls see such beautiful snpas & beauty on earth.... :) keep it up... :)
Fantastic! did u make all those yourself? can I get some, pleeease?????
Thanks for all the beautiful comments! :) :) :)
@Arunima: Thanks for the awesome photographs!
@Anu: I shall let you know when I make some more for sure!! :)
Hi aarti such a beautiful concept.... just loved it haven't cn this before and hw can i forget evrytime something very elegant and new in ur blog........ :)
Thanks Devika! You keep inspiring me :)
Beautiful work... This is the first time I am hearing about it though !!!!
Thanks Emreen!
There is so much in the world and so less time! :)
hello ma'am
i am doing a research on pineapple fibers.
can you share your contact details and help me get in touch with the artisans there.
thanking you,
reeti
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