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When Daniel Harris rescued a rusting loom from an old barn in rural Wales, it led to the creation of London's first micro-mill. Established in 2011, the London Cloth Company uses traditional weaving ...

Khamson Srathong, 78, sits comfortably in front of a weaving loom under her raised-floor house in Ban Phon village in Kalasin's Kham Muang district. Despite her old age, her hands move synchronously ...

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Weaving huocao (Gerbera delavayi, a rare plant found in Southwest China) into cloth is a unique technique of the Lisu ethnic people of Southwest China. Locals dry huocao, twisting it into strips so ...

Palpa is famous for its Dhaka weaves, but Pabi Sara Rajali did not know this when she first ran away from home to come here more than 20 years ago. From a Magar household, she did not even speak ...

Gottfried Semper, a 19th century German architect, saw skills other than masonry and carpentry as shaping architectural practice. With his anthropological lens, he included pottery, ceramics and ...

Traditional woven fabric Kain Benang Johor is shedding its image as a textile reserved only for formal ceremonies, to become ...