Visiting Chongming Island in China an hour out of Shanghai for the first time in February 2014 with Shokay, fueled ideas and gave an introduction to the community I stayed and interacted with in an arts exchange from June - November 2014 as part of
Artist in Residence 2014-15 with SHOKAY: http://www.shokay.com/blog/blogDetail?blogId=83 SHOKAY, which means yak down in Tibetan, is the world's first socially responsible textiles brand that focuses on developing premium products made from yak d
Shokay Knitting Cooperative on Chongming Island
The Shokay Spinning Cooperative is a group of 16 women who are employed individually by Shokay to spin yak down into yarn. It is run by Llaryatso, from a small building in HeiMaHe (Black Horse River) village. Each spinner’s income depends on th
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