Native Californians were masters at utilizing the plant resources available to them in their homelands for food, fiber and ...

Stroud and its famous Five Valleys once thrived as a vital centre for creating woollen cloth, enrobing kings, soldiers and nobility all over ...

Preserved centuries‑old charm meets rustic storytelling in a timeless weaver’s home, captured through evocative images that ...

Wandering through the ghats of Maheshwar, you’ll hear a gentle, rhythmic tapping, the clack of wooden shuttles echoing from homes and workshops alike. These are the sound of looms, worked by ...

The article written by Percy E. Ludgate in 1909 first gives thanks to Professor C. V. Boys, F.R.S. for his assistance on the ...

Tucked away in the heart of Rajasthan, the village of Salawas near Jodhpur hums with the quiet rhythm of looms that have sung the same tune for centuries. Here, at Pukhraj Durry Udhyog, artisans weave ...

The specialty of the ilkal is that the body warp and the pallu warp are hand-looped together on the loom itself, in a technique called the ‘tope teni’. Sometimes a ‘kondi’, or a three-shuttle ...

Malvika Singh calls the sari her second skin. That is why her memoir, Saris of Memory, doesn’t come as a surprise to the ...

For 28-year-old fiber artist Fiona Simpson, who is neurodivergent, weaving is the one thing, “other than sitting down and meditating,” that stills her mind.

A true blue tradition: How Japan’s coveted jeans are made Momotaro Jeans’ cotton is imported from Zimbabwe, dyed with natural indigo harvested in Japan — its color far richer than synthetic imitations ...

It’s part of the wider denim-producing Sanbi area, which also includes Hiroshima. Another factor that makes brands like Momotaro Jeans idiosyncratic — and expensive — is the use of very noisy old ...