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 ...

Adding handmade weaving to the list was not an easy task. Among the conditions negotiated was that it should have an economic value on those who practice it On Wednesday, UNESCO included the Egyptian ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Mangali Rai sat before a wooden loom probably a century old and played the antique instrument like a harp. As her feet pumped slender pedals, her fingers danced across taut strands ...

Participants can step into New Lanark’s rich industrial past while learning practical weaving skills.

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 ...

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 ...

New this fall! Directed by assistant professor Laura Devendorf, the Unstable Design Lab at the ATLAS Institute presents the Experimental Weaving Talk Series, a conversation with fiber artists, ...

BUHI, Camarines Sur, Philippines—No one can actually remember when the weaving tradition began in this Bicol town but the “One Town, One Product” (Otop) thrust of the local government unit (LGU) and ...

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 ...