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TIKKIWALLAH
Tikkiwallah is an online market pop-up featuring textiles and crafts I like, made my people I meet. The frenzy and rush of being in a local market, chatting up buyers and sellers, finding cool things that have history and purpose: this makes me happy, and these are the products and stories behind Tikkiwallah!
Radio Ock Pop Tok
Joanna ‘Jo’ Smith and I crisscross the globe, taking roads less travelled. to meet with pioneers in folk art and travel and innovators in remote communities. So far, we’ve travelled virtually to Peru, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tibet, Morocco, Laos, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, USA, Spain, Germany and more!
Radio Ock Pop Tok is a project of Ock Pop Tok, an artisan textile company founded by women, run by women, for the women of Laos.
Recent Episodes.
Afghanistan.
Shoshana Stewart went to Kabul in search for adventure. She ends up rebuilding the old city and leading Turquoise Mountain, an innovative heritage and craft development organization that works in some of the world's most challenging places.
Tibet.
In Ritoma, a tiny hamlet in Tibet's windswept grasslands, we meet Kim and Dechen Yeshi, a mother-daughter duo who founded Norlha, a textile atelier where nomads and village artisans weave textiles using yak khullu, a fibre on par with cashmere. photo Nikki McClarron
Vietnam.
Meet Thao Vu, founder of eco-fashion house Kilomet 109. Thao is pioneering designer who has helped transform Hanoi into a creative hub. Thao describes how her collaborations with Nung An, Tai and Khmer communities inspire and fuel her “seed to fiber” collections.
Mexico.
Kitzia Barrera, co-founder of Colectivo 1050°, takes us to the remote villages around Oaxaca and describes the region’s dynamic pottery traditions. More importantly, she tells us that the pre-Columbian artisan mindset, rooted in sustainability, has much to teach contemporary societies.
Morocco.
Nina Mohammad-Galbert celebrates the Moroccan carpet and the women behind this vast tradition. Nina discusses her work with weavers in Fes and the Middle Atlas, explains how to buy ethically and illuminates why carpets are seen as baraka, a blessing among the Amazigh, or Berber, communities.
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Lebanon.
Claudia Martinez, founder of Kissweh, and Hanan Dabdoub, program manager for Beit Atfal Assamoud, take us insides a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. By reviving traditional Palestinian needlework skills, both are creating income opportunities and a sense of community and connection for the artisans and camp residents.