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CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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At the Artisans d'Angkor silk factory, mulberry trees are planted to provide leaves for feeding silkworms.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Silkworm moths, butterflies whose caterpillars produce silk thread. Three days after fertilization, the female lays 300 to 700 eggs.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Silkworm caterpillars.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Silkworm caterpillars are fed mulberry leaves.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Silkworm caterpillars are fed mulberry leaves.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Silkworm caterpillars are fed mulberry leaves.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Sorting mature silkworm caterpillars. The caterpillar goes through various stages over the course of a week before spinning its cocoon.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Silkworms ready to spin their cocoons are placed in a basket.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Baskets in which silkworms have woven their cocoons and in which they transform into chrysalises. Water dishes are placed on the ground to prevent predatory insects from climbing up to the cocoons.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Cocoons freed from their chrysalis.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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The cocoons are soaked in hot water to soften the silk gum, or sericin, which holds the threads together. The coarse outer threads are brushed away to reveal the fine threads. Once the cocoons become translucent, they are placed in hot water to gently unravel the inner threads. Several cocoons can be reeled together to achieve the desired thickness.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0321926.jpg
The cocoons are soaked in hot water to soften the silk gum, or sericin, which holds the threads together. The coarse outer threads are brushed away to reveal the fine threads. Once the cocoons become translucent, they are placed in hot water to gently unravel the inner threads. Several cocoons can be reeled together to achieve the desired thickness.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Silk threads reeled from the cocoon. Each cocoon contains a single silk thread approximately 300 meters long, one-third of which is raw silk and the rest is finer silk.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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After dyeing, the skeins are prepared. This step is crucial in determining the fineness and softness of the silk threads. The threads are prepared in skeins, ready to be woven.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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After dyeing, the skeins are prepared. This step is crucial in determining the fineness and softness of the silk threads. The threads are prepared in skeins, ready to be woven.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0321930.jpg
After dyeing, the skeins are prepared. This step is crucial in determining the fineness and softness of the silk threads. The threads are prepared in skeins, ready to be woven.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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The traditional Cambodian method uses the ikat technique to create complex patterns. The parts that are to be preserved in a certain color are hidden by plastic ribbons tied to the weft thread. The thread is then dipped in dye. The process is repeated for other colors. The natural dyes used are extracted from plants, fruits, and minerals to create vivid colors.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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The silk threads are woven on traditional wooden looms.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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The silk threads are woven on traditional wooden looms.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0321934.jpg
The silk threads are woven on traditional wooden looms.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0321935.jpg
The silk threads are woven on traditional wooden looms.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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The silk threads are woven on traditional wooden looms.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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The silk threads are woven on traditional wooden looms.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Les motifs de fleurs de jasmin sont créés à l'aide de la technique du brocart, qui consiste à manipuler des cadres pour mettre en relief le motif, fil par fil, donnant au tissu de belles teintes et nuances. Les motifs de jasmin sont généralement considérés comme des symboles de chance et apparaissent souvent dans les cérémonies religieuses et royales au Cambodge.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Sampots, traditional Khmer dresses made of silk by the weavers of Artisans d'Angkor.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Sampots, traditional Khmer dresses made of silk by the weavers of Artisans d'Angkor.
CAMBODIA-ART/Angkor Silk
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Roth Soriya, 38, has been weaving silk for 10 years at Artisans d'Angkor. She specializes in weaving complex patterns.
