The art of Japanese hand-weaving 'Saori' was taught on Sunday afternoon February 8th 2015 at the Finger Lakes Art Cooperative 101 Genesee Street in Auburn by Karen Pardee. In her first two-hour class ...
Centuries of craftsmanship and artistry are woven into India’s traditional textiles, revealing a rich cultural legacy without ...
Far from being drudgery, weaving without a machine is, for many Indians, a route to emancipation and financial independence In the West, hand-weaving is a relic for museums, crafts fairs, and people ...
In Laos, the art of traditional hand weaving is passed down by women from generation to generation. Boutsaya Viengviseth is among those on a mission to ensure the art form continues to draw attention ...
If there is a craft common to all of Southeast Asia, it is the craft of weaving. The baskets, mats and the fabrics of this region have all been part of the culture for thousands of years. Their ...
Four weaving studios/guilds in Pennsylvania, including The Artists Hand Gallery in downtown Indiana, are receiving a recently invented, patent-pending weaving tool for their students’ use from The ...
Jamdani, a weaving patten, comes from the Persian word "jam", which means floral and "dani" which means a vase or a container, named after the floral patterns that are seen in Jamdani weaves. The ...
They are not only reviving the nearly-vanished traditional skills of hand spinning and weaving but also taking care of ecology by adopting organic farming. Nearly 5,000 women from 60 villages of ...
Inside her mudbrick home, Paula Fulton sits at one of only a few drawlooms that exist in the country. The 67-year-old is helping to keep the age-old craft of Damask weaving alive. "There might be five ...
BANGUED, Abra(PIA) — Innovation initiatives of the government through the Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) involve the fusion of Abra’s Abel and Japanese Textiles to craft innovative, ...
At over 60 years old, Bui Thi Huong from Xom Com (Tan Lac, Phu Tho) is one of the few artisans still preserving the traditional brocade weaving craft of the Muong ethnic group. We met her at a ...