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 ...

Jamdani weaving, an ancient craft from South Asia, is famous for its intricate patterns and lightweight fabric ...

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.

Four weaving studios/guilds in Pennsylvania, including The Artists Hand Gallery in downtown Indiana, are receiving a recently invented, patent-pending weaving tool for their students’ use from The ...

Jamdani, a weaving patten, comes from the Persian word "jam", which means floral and "dani" which means a vase or a container, named after the floral patterns that are seen in Jamdani weaves. The ...

A spirit of experimentation, one foot in the past and one in the future, has set Christy Matson apart as a weaver. “It’s unusual these days not to be working on a commission,” Matson says, standing ...

This summer, Stephanie Newman will lead three fiber craft classes for adults and older teens at the Gaston County Museum’s Anne Biggers Furr Learning Station, 205 W. Main St. in Dallas. Through the ...