The first thing Terse says when I arrive to learn jaki-ed weaving from her is that this type of weaving almost disappeared. She says I need to write about how she revived it. How she pulled the strands of leaves and the patterns that look like stars unblinking from worn out photographs in the only museum on island. Despite the… Read More
Archives for October 2017
Weaving Workshop Reflections: Part I
I’m back to rainy Portland, Oregon, after I spent three weeks of September in Majuro for a weaving training. For three weeks I learned from master weavers back home – mostly under Terse Timothy, a woman elder from the island of Ailinlaplap. Terse has been credited with reviving the traditional jaki-ed weaving. It was an honor to learn from her…. Read More