handmade chabu ribbon | indigo

a fabric ribbon for chaxi

Intended to compliment the Chabu Runner

The chabu is the fabric one places upon the stage for tea. It is the foundational base of the ceremony.

These Chabu ribbons are created to serve as a way to accentuate the Chaxi.
They are double the length and half the width of our Chabu Runners, intended to be used to bring diversity and further highlight one’s existing Chabu arrangement. 
Personally, I enjoy running these ribbons through the center of my Chabu Runners, creating extra texture, shape and dimension. 

These come from the northern reaches of Vietnam, procured and made into chabu on my recent travels.

All of our chabu are made from a hemp handwoven from scratch by our friend Ger, Mama Ti and their family of the Black H’mong tribe in Hau Thao village.
Hand dyed with local natural materials sourced from the land- including indigofera, mud, yam and an unidentified root besides bamboo clumps deep in the local forestland. 

Each Chabu Ribbon is approximately 200cm x 15cm

Each of these chabu runners have been handmade and dyed individually entirely from scratch through a lengthy manual modus, meaning each piece is unique and will vary slightly in texture, colour and make.