Ikat is a word originating from Asia, the first historically reliable traces, dated back from the 6th AC in China. Then, it was developped among the Austronesian people, Bornéo, Philippine, Indonesia, Guatemala, Mexico…
Ikat is characterized by those patterns that have no clearly marked borders. It is dyed before the final pattern is woven. It is a fabric that is thought & conceived as it is out of time. Just the preparation work for the thread not the weaving, but the knotting, dying, the threading can take 1 to 2 years & the weaver takes her time to place them on the loom. She slowly reflects on & anticipates what she wants to do, like a gestation period.
Ikat is a memory of the world, of humankind.
Wearing a piece of Golden Silk Pheach covers a multitude of meanings, which through the moiré of its weaving tells the destiny, the emotion, and the history of an entire Khmer country
