The film provides an informative overview of the weaving process, highlighting the interlocking of warp and weft threads to create fabric. It explains the use of various looms, such as the backstrap ...
The Bautistas once struggled to find the space to show their handwoven rugs. Now the opportunities feel as expansive as their art.
On Monday evenings in Morse, as athletes scarf down food in the dining hall and students stress out in the library, something else is going on in the basement. A dozen students are learning the ...
The fear of losing the centuries-old tradition of Lao brocade weaving pushed artisan Lo Thi Vien to rise against the odds.
PULASKI - He calls himself a "keeper of the flame." A strange choice for a man who as a teenager opted for military service rather than take up the family trade of textile-weaving. But things change.
Made with a meticulous handmade process, from growing cotton and spinning threads to dyeing with natural colors, brocade ...
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 ...