Water hyacinth is an invasive Amazonian species that clogs Nepal’s waterways, suffocating indigenous plants, and blocking nutrients needed by fish and aquatic birds. Now, a Nepali handicraft group has ...
Asmah Ismail (far left) and her daughter, Nurul Mardhiah A Razak (far right) guide participants during a recent weaving workshop at Intermark Mall, KL. (Muhammad Rabbani @ FMT Lifestyle) The art of ...
The loom, made of palm trees, was carried as Bedouins roamed the deserts in search of water oases to settle With tightly spun red, black or white colored yarns produced on handheld wooden spindles, ...
Suhandan Özay Demirkan, “Triptikon – Tripticon” (2011) and “Füzyon – Fusion” (2018) (all photos by Kayhan Kaygusuz for Anna Laudel) ISTANBUL — Weaving was a way of life for artist Ramazan Can’s ...
Various initiatives to promote handcrafts have helped the traditional crafts and modern retail industry to evolve together, reports Nibedita Saha In India, fuse tradition with modernity on a single ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Handweavers Guild of the New River Valley is a nonprofit organization that brings together weavers at every level of expertise who share a common interest in the art and ...
The popularity of weaving has ebbed and flowed throughout the decades, but a local group formed around the craft has stuck together nearly 80 years. The group, now known as Weavers’ Guild South, ...
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 ...