by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
One of the very early Indo-European languages, an ancient and sacred language spoken in India and employed in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist writings The Hindu Vedic oral tradition and subsequent writings (the earliest, the Rigveda, dating back to the 2nd century BC) were...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
A patented textile treatment process that involves mechanically starching, shrinking and fixing a woven cloth to preshrink and thoroughly stabilise it prior to use. Heading tapes such as buckram and interlinings – anything that needs to be stable –...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
A natural textile finishing technique that gives a fabric a soft touch and an aged appearance. Grains of sand act as an abrasive – like free-range sandpaper – on the surface to break up a glaze or polished finish, or just to roughen up the fibres a bit,...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
A fairly soft sedimentary rock composed of sand, clay, feldspar quartz and haemetite. Sandstone my be any colour from pale off white sand, to yellow-brown, reds, tan grey and black – in fact any and all of the colours you pick up in a handful of pre-sand sea...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
A fragrant wood indigenous to Australasia and southeast Asia. The essential oil has an exotic, heady aroma used for incense and perfumes. In the home, a few drops on the top of a lampshade frame to release the essence as they warm up, or slivers of wood or drops of...
