Weaving has been around as a skill for centuries. While our ancestors used the technique of weaving to make everything from baskets and clothing to even walls and fences, it's now become more of a ...

Master weaver Prakash Siju from Bhujodi in Kutch is breathing new life into the age-old tradition of carpet weaving practised by giving it a new look through 'Project Tarasha'. The Rann of Kutch is a ...

span class="caption" style="width: 398px;">Local pride: A woman weaver holds up one of her ikat in Watublapi village in Sikka, 30 kilometers from the largest city in ...

The seemingly humble flying-shuttle loom, originally built to make the weaving of wide cloth faster and easier, stood at the threshold between the largely handcrafted world of the past and the ...

The rangkat sari showcases the intricate Banarasi weaving tradition, characterized by its complex craftsmanship. The vibrant ...

What is a songket? How is it made? What are other Indonesian traditional fabrics that use similar weaving techniques? A newly launched book ' titled Floating Threads: Indonesian Songket and Other ...

A 50-square-meter patch of field and 100 cotton trees. That’s all that Jin Shirai needs to make his living. Shirai is a weaver, though the term only represents part of what he actually does. As a ...