PHOTOS
• Making contact, talking to women, exploring venues First examples from the back of a truck, downtown Greensboro events (view)
• Traditional weaving as a living art Dega Weatherspoon, Green Hill’s Winter Show, backstrap weaving in context (view)
• A cultural context Gardens, seasonal food and... (view)
• Learning to weave with Ju (coming)
• Lessons in technique (view)
• Creating the Backstrap Weavers’ group Meeting with community leaders, meeting other Southeast Asian women, information and organizational meetings and discussions (view)
• Connecting Montagnard weavers locally and internationally Australian backstrap weaver Laverne Waddington and North Carolina weavers Lisa and Maurice met with Ju Nie and Ngach Rahlan for some show and tell and front row seats to watch Ju warp a traditional Rhade loom. (view)
• Post-grant period What the Backstrap Weavers have been up to fall 2011 and winter 2012. (view)
VIDEOS
• Montagnard Weaving: Overview explains the challenges of continuing weaving traditions here in the US and shows from warping procedure to the creation of a traditional skirt. (view)
• Montagnard Weaving: Warping Lesson shows a Rhade woman explaining to a Bunong woman how she warps, how the warp is transfered to the loom, and preparation for weaving. (view)
• Montagnard Weaving: Backstrap Loom is a short, unnarrated video taken of Ju Nie at work in Greensboro, NC. (view)
• Montagnard Weaving: Pick Up Technique gives a brief description of a specific weaving technique used by Montagnard weavers. (view)
• Montagnard Weaving: The Women talks about some of the backstrap weavers in the Greensboro area.
• Weaving in Motion is a short clip that connects weaving to culture and dance. (view)
• Dock Rmah, Community Folklife Documentation Center Institute (2009) was a demo video I helped produced while training as a documentarian. (view)
