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 ...

In Laos, the art of traditional hand weaving is passed down by women from generation to generation. Boutsaya Viengviseth is among those on a mission to ensure the art form continues to draw attention ...

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 ...

Editor's note: Traditional Li textile techniques, which encompass spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering, represent a vital aspect of the cultural heritage of the Li ethnic group, an indigenous ...

India is the only country that still creates textiles coming from the genius of its master weavers. The world has lost the hand-weaving and loom process, along with all natural and organic processes ...

A mom’s personal search for a quality baby carrier led her to discover and fall in love with the centuries-old art of weaving. For Jeannie Laccay, “baby-wearing” via a woven carrier not only helps ...

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 ...