“The Navajo weaver often rubs a spider’s web into her hands to bless herself before beginning a weaving. A child also received the blessing of the web so that one day she may grow to be a fine weaver ...

The story playing out in LSU's Hill Memorial Library won't jump out at you. Absent are multimedia presentations and interactive digital screens. Those things would seem inappropriate in this tale of ...

Spinning fiber into thread is one of the oldest known handcrafts practiced by man. Very early, people utilized the drop spindle, a primitive tool for twisting animal hair or plant fibers such as wool, ...

PORT ANGELES — For millenniums, the tribes of the Olympic Peninsula have been sharing and trading basketry styles and weaving techniques — and that tradition continues to this day. So said Jamie ...

SPINNING YARN: Anni Albers weaves at Black Mountain College. The influential instructor and her work at BMC is a focal point of a new exhibition at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.

Although numbers fell in the pandemic year of 2020, in 2019 433 people registered for classes at the center. Last year, the number went up to 249 and so far in 2022, 196 have signed up, more than in ...

In Western culture, the perception of weaving as “women’s work” can be traced back to Penelope, the loyal wife of Homer’s wandering Odysseus who cleverly put off her insistent suitors for years by ...

Today, Salon, a hybrid showroom, gallery, and self-described "incubator" for studio-based designers, located in Boston, opens its new exhibition, "Calypso." The show, organized by Salon founder Amanda ...

In the hands of a local weaving artist, threads intertwine with imagination to fashion clothing, characters and costumes inspired by her American Indian heritage. Among the creations of Margaret Roach ...

A few modern-day artists are bringing back the centuries-old crafts of caning and weaving furniture. Alice Higgins, who opened Higgins Chair Caning in Augusta County in 2005, said chair caning has ...