A Gallery of Fine Crafts and  Handwoven Textiles for Home and Fashion SILK MOON GALLERY 186 North Main Street  Sebastopol, CA 95472 USA 707-824-4300 Stay tuned to this website for updates about exciting upcoming events at Silk Moon.  We are hoping for visits in early July by Chinesa Miao Tribe embroiderers and Tibetan silver artisans.   We are also pleased and honored to announce that on July 17-20, Silk Moon will celebrate its first (of what will hopefully be an annual) Lao Culture Festival.  Joining us will be several world class silk-weavers from Laos, from OckPopTok Gallery in Luang Prabang, Laos and from Taykeo Textiles and Phaeng Mai Gallery in Vientiane Laos.  This will be a 3-day celebration of Lao culture and traditions and will feature crafts and textiles from Laos as well as a Lao fashion show, silk growing and weaving demonstrations, and a traditional Lao Baci (blessing) ceremony.  Please call or email us with your name and address so we can update you on the Festival schedule as it evolves.  707-824-4300  or email Janet@SilkMoon.org A highly skilled weaving student at Taykeo Gallery, Vientiane, Laos We all share hopes for a peaceful planet. Silk Moon Gallery hopes to contribute in some small way to weaving a web of peace by focusing attention on human commonalities that we share across cultures: a deep-rooted fascination with fine craftsmanship and the need for and love of adornment for our homes and bodies. We seek to foster empathy and understanding between cultures by exploring, educating, and celebrating ethnic arts and crafts traditions from developing countries. Silk Moon is building a web of support between fair-minded shoppers in the developed world and highly skilled, hard-working artisans in developing countries. In our fifth year of operation, we are highlighting the fine quality textiles produced by weavers and artisans we have met and worked with in Laos, Thailand, and Bali. Spinning silk into yarn, Luang Prabang, Laos Khun Banyen, a very talented weaver from Si Satchanalai, Thailand At Silk Moon Gallery, you will find a dazzling array of handwoven silk and cotton textiles for fashion and home decor: * Luscious, sensuous silk scarves in more colors than you ever dreamed possible, ranging in price from $10 to collectors' quality; * Shawls--choose from diaphanous, sexy, slinky silks, or wrap yourself in cozy, reassuring, natural-dyed cottons; * Stunning table runners, comforting throws, elegant pillow covers, and dramatic wall-hangings, both contemporary and traditional; Silk Moon textiles meet the full range of fashion accessory needs and desires, from a simple silk scarf that adds a touch of class to your trip to the grocery store, to intricate handwoven wearable art for a night at the opera. Silk Moon home decor textiles range from culturally complex weavings with stories of their own to tell, to highly abstracted or understated and elegant accents for the sophisticated home. Seang, from Studio Naenna in Chiang Mai Thailand, on a backstrap loom Please tune in to our calendar link on the left side of this web page.  We will soon be offering a list of upcoming exhibits, talks, and weaving demonstrations. If you have questions or need directions to Silk Moon, please call: Silk Moon 707-824-4300 or email Janet Rodina at Janet@SilkMoon.org