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This craft story starts with a name, which neatly sums it up:  Faso Dan Fani translates literally as “woven loincloth of the homeland”. This beautiful...

The attraction of something handmade is the obvious human touch in an object; well made craft has some kind of soul. This is certainly the...

In the busy, bustling heart of Dhaka, in a court yard behind an office building, there is a small workshop, a crafters laboratory of colour. 

This technique of woodblock printing is known to have been used in India since at least the 12th century. The method is far older than...

You can immediately identify a hand loomed cloth, there is a texture and richness to it. This cloth is made by a social enterprise in the north...

In a remote rural region of central Java in Indonesia there is small but very productive  workshop, where up to 40 men and women work on...

La Maison de la Maille was created to focus on the French textile industry with the hope that the by promoting it, the knowledge will be...

On a heavy, tropical afternoon, we are led down a dusty pathway between simple houses shaded by mango trees, to the home of an elderly...