The Indian sub-continent has a rich and ancient history of textile art and exports, with the heritage spanning almost 5,000 years. It’s been found that fabric-making was an important part of people’s ...
Now on view at the Couse-Sharp Historic Site in Taos, "Weaving the New World: Hispanic Textiles and Their Influence on the ...
“The Navajo weaver often rubs a spider’s web into her hands to bless herself before beginning a weaving. A child also received the blessing of the web so that one day she may grow to be a fine weaver ...
A few modern-day artists are bringing back the centuries-old crafts of caning and weaving furniture. Alice Higgins, who opened Higgins Chair Caning in Augusta County in 2005, said chair caning has ...
India is known for its lush textiles and is celebrated for its quintessential embroideries, which tell tales of its ancient ...
For most of us, palaspas is an ordinary adornment made of palm fronds used during Palm Sunday, but what we do not know is that such an ordinary adornment is an intricate weaving of a way of life, an ...
It all started with a trip to the museum. Fourteen months ago, Marty Benson of Eureka Springs and Laura Redford of Rogers came across a unique textile at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in ...