The art of Japanese hand-weaving 'Saori' was taught on Sunday afternoon February 8th 2015 at the Finger Lakes Art Cooperative 101 Genesee Street in Auburn by Karen Pardee. In her first two-hour class ...

Warnes originally opened the business in Julian in 1989, along with two friends, where it remained for about five years. “At one time it was a cooperative of 10 women,” Warnes recalls. ”When I moved ...

Through a meticulous manual process from cotton planting to natural dyeing, each Muong brocade pattern – from lozenges to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Textiles makers may well have been among the first math wizards. Many of these “wizards” live in what is today Laos. Various weaving methods have been devised to design and store intricate patterns.