This weekend we saw the jute factory at Kumudini, one of their main income-generating projects that supports the other, charitable branches of the foundation (such as the handicrafts, plus a hospital, nurses college, and more).
Jute.
Lots of jute!
Cut jute looks like this.
Full length jute looks like this.
Then they bundle it all up and compress it into bundles like this. Ready for export!
Great pics! Wonder what they do with all those short little cut pieces. Loved the sari printing ones also. Beautiful fabrics! Having tried fabric stamping I have found it is much more difficult than it looks – the ink runs, smears, goes on unevenly, etc. etc.