John Robshaw, an American textile designer involved in a serious love affair with the Orient shares his travel wisdom with L-atitude. As a globetrotter who works alongside artisans in villages of Gujarat and Rajasthan, he has made court batiks in Yogyakarta, and vegetable-dyed ikats in Thailand. Traveling several months each year to oversee production and experiment, John gives us his tips on how to incorporate an international travel schedule into your life’s work.

For the two weeks I've been in China, my sister's words have echoed in my ears. "China will change your life!" She wasn't talking in the Eat, Pray, Love kind of way. She was talking in a straight up retail therapy kind of way.

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