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- I think traveling and being alone
is an amazing way to learn about
actually what you are and who you are.
And I think that's where you
kinda can sorta dig deeper
and learn a lot more about
what's really important to you.
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I studied a bit about block printing.
And then I realized that
there's still block printing
all over India and that
was the place to go.
Yeah, first time to India
was during art school.
And I went to this small town
and found some block printers
and started actually hand
printing my own textiles.
And I was just completed
inspired by the colors,
the craft, the people and the attitude.
I think that's something
that you can only get through travel.
Some trips are documented in films,
and for me trips are documented
in fabrics and textiles
and looking for new trips and
looking for new inspiration.
These are actually all hand-painted
and it's kind of incredible
because I found this painter.
He's got a great hand and we
have this group of pillows
that are painted by hand.
And we have another group
that are painted by hand
and more water colorly.
The biggest part of travel for me
is not going on holiday to the beach.
I'm actually going to look for textiles.
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A lots parts of the world
where things are actually
still mechanized.
Just to go to India and to see
these techniques being done
and hand-printed and
handwoven and hand embroidery.
It's always so magical about India
and what's happening there.
So my travel, my mission,
is to go out into the world,
work with different textile
traditions and crafts,
kinda bring them back,
rework them, redesign them,
and try to create a new essence
that hasn't been done before
and I hope moves the
textile traditions forward
and also keeps me entertained.
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