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 ...

Explores the rich heritage of hand weaving in America, tracing its origins back to the early Colonists who brought their weaving skills to the New World. By the time of the American Revolution, ...

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 ...

At Nairobi's Industrial Area, a maker of fabrics and other home furnishings is becoming the success story of a Kenyan designer taking handwoven textile to the next level. The rhythmic sounds of ...

WeaveinIndia are curators of the hand-woven. The founder, Mandira Bansal aims at reviving the customary practice of hand weaving and experimenting with a diverse framework of textiles and colour ...

KUANTAN, Pahang: A rhythmic thud rang through a fabric workshop in Kampung Soi in Kuantan, where weavers were working attentively. Each operated a wooden handloom as big as a grand piano, their hands ...

Sometimes a comparison is more revealing than just a fact. India grows far more cotton than the US. But while cotton in the US is grown by large corporations on farms of vast acreage and harvested by ...

For Sarah Zapata, hand-weaving is a metaphor for both expressing and examining different facets of her identity. By Aileen Kwun As a queer undergrad studying fiber arts and weaving at the University ...

Kevin Donaghy, who has died aged 93 in Bruckless, Co Donegal, was a leading figure in the world of Irish textiles. Part of his life was dedicated to preserving and developing the craft of handwoven ...

BENGALURU: A social conversation about India in foreign countries often involves the country’s ‘spicy’ food, its large population, or the booming IT sector. But there’s so much more to the country, ...