Block Print, repeated, reimagined, reinvented through the ages
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...
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Handtouch, weaving for the future
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...
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Central Java, Weaving Treasure From Trash
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...
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Shining The Spotlight On French Savoir Faire
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...
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Binakol, stories woven in cloth
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...
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Kantha, Vintage Textiles Transformed
Once the daily chores are done, a different type of work begins. In homes across rural West Bengal, India and neighbouring Bangladesh, women delicately decorate repurposed...
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