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 ...

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 ...

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. WILLIAMSBURG — Ten large floor looms consuming most of the space in a room would ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...