links

Textile related organisations or dedicated websites
www.textilemuseum.org	The Textile Museum, Washington DC - dedicated to furthering the understanding of mankind's creative achievements in the textile arts.
www.textilesocietyofhk.org	The Textile Society of Hong Kong aims to explore all aspects of both traditional and contemporary textiles. The Society intends to satisfy not only those with an established knowledge of textiles - the international membership includes design professionals, museum curators, collectors, historians, textile conservators, dealers and craftspeople - but also members who are just beginning their interest in this broad field.
www.thaitextilesociety.org	The Thai Textile Society, founded in December 2003, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and appreciation of textiles, with particular emphasis on the textiles of Thailand and Southeast Asia.
www.oatg.org.uk	Oxford Asian Textile Group, OATG, a group based in Oxford (UK) and founded with the aim of making the Oxford textile collections better known to the specialist and the interested public. Informative newsletter 'Asian Textiles' published three times a year and well worth the subscription even if attendance at meetings is not possible.
www.cloudband.com	Cloudband - online magazine dedicated to carpets, textiles, the arts of Asia and tribal art. Possibly offline.
www.vme.org.vn	Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is both a research centre and a public museum exhibiting the ethnic groups of Vietnam.
www.turkotek.com	Turkotek (www.turkotek.com), a non-commercial site devoted to textiles, mostly antique and from western and central Asia. Their major activity is a series of topical discussions lasting two weeks each, kicked off by introductory essays.
home.chello.no/~andy.anderson	Luzon Tribal Art Links - site dedicated to Philippines tribal art including textiles created by Andy Anderson.
www.fibreartsonline.com	The internet connection to the fibrearts community.
www.indistudio.com/india	Textile culture of India website authored by Indira Badawi.
www.asianart.com	The on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia. Includes some textiles and a very good range of Asia related links.
www.miaobabycarriers.com	Mark Clayton's Miao baby carriers website showing some of his collection of '5,000 unique embroideries, representing 50 different styles and many ethnicities, including the Miao, Dong, Shui, Buyi, Geija, Yao, and Zhuang folk'. Contact Mark at miaobabycarriers@att.net with any inquires or comments.
www.karakalpak.com	This site is an independent and authoritative source of information about all things Karakalpak, from the origins and history of the Karakalpak people to their present day lifestyle. It contains important sections on the traditional material culture of the Karakalpaks, such as costume and yurts. top
bookshops and publishers
www.whitelotuspress.com	White Lotus book publishers was established in 1972 with the aim of bringing forth new books on Southeast Asia as well as offering new life to books that have long been out of print. Publishes many books key to the understanding of tribal textiles in their cultural background. It is possible to order books directly from White Lotus although credit card purchase suffers from the Thai peculiarity of requiring a photocopy of both front and back of the card!
www.asiabooks.com	English language Thai book retailer with 11 stores in Bangkok. Possible to order via the web and payment includes faxed details of credit card.
www.orchidbooks.com	Orchid Press, established in Thailand in 1981 as White Orchid Press, is a specialized publishing house devoted to books related to Asia-books of general interest - including textiles, scholarly texts, fiction, and poetry, both new works and reprints and has a pollicy to keep books in print for a number of years. They also have a bookstore in Bangkok.
www.riverbooksbk.com	Riverbook publishes a wide range of books on art, architecture, and Thai history, as well as a series of bilingual dictionaries.
www.hanshan.com	Specialises in the Art of East Asia, South East Asia and Central Asia, including textiles. Based in London but work mainly by mail order. They have a large stock of antiquarian, new and second-hand books and other documentation in any language.
www.textilemuseumshop.org	The Textile Museum (Washington) has an excellent selection of textile related books which are available by mail order from the online shop.
www.selectbooks.com.sg	Specialises in books on South East Asia (now including China). Located on the second floor of the Tanglin Shopping Centre in Singapore. Order books from their on-line book list.
www.paragonbook.com	US based (Chicago) Paragon Book Gallery - books on Asian arts and Asian studies (including textiles)
www.vietnamartbooks.com	Canadian based Vietnamese Art books, daily news updates, gallery links, calendar of events and exhibitions, worldwide. Includes a few books on ethnography and crafts.
www.moosdijk.com	Boekhandel van de Moosdijk - a specialist bookstore in The Netherlands, for 40 years a dynamic international booktrader. 15,000 rare and surprising books on 900 different subjects which includes textiles and ethnic art and culture.
www.antiquariaten.com/gemilang	Netherlands based antiquarian bookseller with large catalogues on line. Specialises in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore - Costume, fashion & textiles; old & rare books in general.
www.amazon.com	Internet bookstore. See the very bottom home page for links to international sites. Top
travel
www.discoveryindochina.com	Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia tours. (Local leader, Nguyen Viet Dzung, particularly recommended for textile study tours in Vietnam info@discoveryindochina.com).
www.theboatlanding.com	The Luang Namtha travel website. Information on, but most certainly not limited to, the Boat Landing Guest House (ecotourism lodge) and Restaurant in Luang Namtha, Laos. The site is an excellent resource on this region of Laos with very many informative links.
www.steppestravel.co.uk	Gina Corrigan (whose China tours I have travelled on) has handed over the administration of her tours to Steppes Travel which already offered other textile and special interest tours in addition to their core provision of individually tailored travel. From the home page go to 'Escorted Tours' to find these special interest trips. Although, at first sight, the south-west China trips may seem expensive the trips are all inclusive and include considerable funding invested in the provision of special textile demonstrations and performances which would not be accessible to the random traveller. Also see following entry for CYTS.
www.gzcyts.com	The website for China Youth Travel Service (CYTS) Guizhou. Very considerable expertise in arranging tours to see minority culture and textiles including the local planning and execution of Gina Corrigan's tours in south west China. If you are 'mature' do not be put off by the 'Youth' in the company name as all age ranges and levels of agility thoughtfully catered for. Some excellent photos of minorities and their textiles on this site.
www.minogz.com	Fantastic Minorities - Guizhou - Some very interesting trips listed including festivals. "Go to the home of Guizhou tribes, discover a fantastic country with us!" Information, transport, reservations and English speaking guides. Site in English and French (and Chinese). English section recently updated.
www.activetravel.com.au	Active travel - An Australian travel company offering a selection of travel programmes designed to explore the unique cultures and regions of the World including Indochina. They have offered a textile tour to Vietnam conducted by Valerie Kirk, Head of Textiles at the Australian National University, National Institute for the Arts.
www.vietnamluxurytravel.com	Vietnam Luxury Travel: One of a kind and package tours in Vietnam which include visits to minority areas in the north. So far have no personal feedback of this company but they look to be experienced and passionate about all that Vietnam has to offer.
www.vietvaluetravel.com	Vietnam Value Travel: This company includes some visits to minority areas in their itineraries and also offer individually tailored programmes. So far no personal feedback on the company.
www.orient-tours.nl	Orient Tours - Gateway to Vietnam. Includes tours and treks to see ethnic minorities.
www.innerjourneys.com.au/nthai	North Thailand Healers - Visit the traditional hilltribe healers of North Thailand and learn of their herbal, spiritual and energy healing methods.
www.lindens.cn	The Linden Centre, Xi Lin Yuan, is a unique and elegant cultural retreat nestled in a renowned and pristine mountain village in China's most scenic region, Yunnan, the Land South of the Clouds. The Centre serves as a comfortable, high-service base from which guests are able to experience immersions into authentic Chinese life. The historic building is a Type-A nationally protected complex built by famous merchants who developed their wealth in this important stop along the Southwest Silk Road. Protected at the same level as Beijing's Forbidden City and Great Wall. There is a textile tour being offered in November 2008 contact lindensgallery@gmail.com
www.endsoftheearth.co.uk	Ends of the Earth - Surviving traditions in textiles and crafts. Textile related tours; textiles and videos of various traditional textile processes for sale. Top
Please note that, unless specifically indicated, no direct experience of the travel companies listed above is available
textile galleries
www.biji-arts.com	Website set up by a group of people to create a virtuous circle of commerce to support the continued production of traditional Asian textiles, concentrating on those from Bali, Java and Sumatra. It is hoped to create an economically sound structure by encouraging people to acquire unique textile works of art while sustaining the artists and their communities.
www.craftlink.com.vn	A not-for-profit organisation seeking new markets for traditional artisans based in Hanoi.
www.ethnoecho.com	Ethno Echo - Hill tribe textiles, unique pieces selected for quality, authenticity and value with good photo illustrations and also information on textile techniques. From southern China to northern Vietnam.
www.jossgraham.com	Joss Graham's gallery of oriental textiles and works of art, opened in 1980, specialises in traditional textiles and costume from the Indian subcontinent, central Asia, Tibet, north and west Africa. Tthe repertoire has expanded over the years to incorporate paintings, wood and stone sculpture, ceramics, baskets and jewellery. Stocking contemporary design-led producton from the same areas is a key part of the philosophy of the shop. Joss Graham presents regular thematic exhibitions in the gallery and now on-line.
www.kulukgallery.com	Kuluk Gallery, Arts & Antiques of Indonesia, Ubud, Bali. The gallery offers a wide range of arts and antiques of Indonesia, from temple artifacts to teak furniture. They specialise in the antique textiles of the islands from golden songkets to highly refined batik tulis and single and double ikat cloths.
www.markajohnson.com	Mark A. Johnson Asian & Tribal Art. A website specialising in Asian and Tribal Art. The result of more than 25 years of buying trips throughout many areas of Asia, especially Indonesia - Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Timor, Bali, Java, and most of the other island cultures in the region. Also objects from China, Central Asia, Indochina, and the Philippines. Informative resources on website - well worth a visit!
www.marlamallett.com	Marla Mallett - Gallery specialising in antique flatwoven tribal Oriental rugs, kilims and bags, but also features tapestries, embroideries and other textile art. A large number of textile related links.
www.murnis.com/onlineshop/textiles	Murni's on-line store and three shops in Ubud, Bali - Warung Shop, Kunang-Kunang I and Kunang-Kunang II offering works of traditional art created by the diverse peoples of the Indonesian archipelago including textiles.
www.orient-rug.com	Clive Rogers Oriental Rug website, mainly rugs although some more general textile stock. Useful references on the links pages and a section on conservation.
www.stevenqfrost.net www.mandarinahome.com	Arts and culture of south west China. Steven Frost's website incorporating an interesting photo gallery of Steven's travels in China as well as an on-line gallery which includes textiles from the minorities of south west China. If you are visiting Birmingham, Alabama visit his gallery Mandarina, 2900 18th St. South, Suite 100, Birmingham, Al 35209 USA, (202) 414-3090
www.textile-art.com	The Textile Gallery - Longevity textile conservation, textile and art publications.
www.threadsoflife.com	Threads of Life - Sponsoring the weaving of natural- dyed, handmade, ritual textiles from endangered traditions - Indonesia. Excellent site. Particularly look at the Newsletter.
www.timortreasures.com	Julie Emery specialises in annual collections of artefacts from East Timor and West Timor, including weavings, and has been trading and collecting Timorese textiles for 15 years.
www.tribalartasia.com	The selling gallery website of photographer David Howard (author, text and photos, of 'The last Filippino Headhunters'). Items for sale or rent include Asian tribal textiles.
www.tribalspirit.com	Tribal Spirit - Museum quality ethnographic textiles, objects, and jewelry of Africa, Asia, and the Americas with a strong emphasis on various ethnic groups throughout Asia. The site is still under development but already has some interesting textiles on view.
www.tribaltrappings.com	Tribal Trappings, based in Thailand, specialises in the artefacts of the world's tribal cultures, especially those in SE Asia, Indonesia, Central Asia and the Middle East. Some interesting textiles with clear comments and well displayed. (I have purchased from Tribal Trappings over several years and Susan's assessment/photos were a good representation of the article.)
www.uzbek-craft.com	Uzbekistan Textile Dealer Top
other
www.thai-uk.org	Promoting the diversity of Thailand, its culture and people in the UK.
www.ethnologue.com	Ethnologue.com is a place where many resources can conveniently be found to help with research of the world's languages.