Desertbag

The Bedouin, always being on the move through the desert,  sometimes leave things behind untill they come along again,
it's  out of respect for one another,the Bedouin don't touch something left by another Bedouin, sometimes
things wait quite a while before being picked up again, but then again time in the desert has its own rythm ...

This bag hangs here already quite a while I was told...it's a pretty thought that the bag waits and waits ,

no hurry, it will be picked up when needed....

lovely loyal bag

the story of the dress that became a cushion

Too much icecream can have consequences, but then again...
one never has enough cushions....!

and anyway its fun making them...so on we go...

Fabrics of the desert

So I was this privileged to spent some time in the Sinaidesert with the amazingly kind and wise Bedouins and I was taken away by the beauty of their  fabrics .... used everyday, needed for protection, to sit on, to carry essentials, made of cotton, of goathair, camelhair or sheephair

A tent, made of goathair









These fabrics give shelter ,  whether it is a very warm desertday or a very cold desertnight... ...
that's why the Bedouins make them and carry them with them as  they move on through the desert again and again...and again

and a rug,  made of camelhair








I took my fabric into the desert and worked on it... filled it with words of the desert ...  and now that  I am home again my fabric carries  the  memories of it.