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Textile

Versatile and Revered
06 Jun 19
A Berber family tradition of carpets
Phoenix Rising
06 Jun 19
Yangma Traditional Weavers bring Buddhist symbolism to rugs
Against all Odds
05 Jun 19
The ancient textile arts of Iraq’s Marsh Arabs
Heirloom Carpets
05 Jun 19
The traditional arts of nomadic weaving
Ptumarca girls: Weavers from Pitumarca, Peru, warp a loom together. The weaver will work in the discontinuous warp technique to weave the chakana, or cross design. Photo by Cynthia LeCount Samaké.
Textile Wonders
22 May 19
A Textile Traveler’s Guide to Peru & Bolivia
Somporn Intaraprayong
08 May 19
Thai creative communities keep traditions alive
Healing Through Dyeing
24 Apr 19
Relieving pain and anxiety
Blended Practices
24 Apr 19
Weaving textiles from cross-cultural exchanges
Anamnesis
24 Apr 19
Tribal and Nomadic Weaving and Storytelling in Iran
Other archived Himroo designs
The Last Weavers
12 Apr 19
The Lost Art of Himroo Weaving
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Artifact

The Hungarian Way
22 May 19
Traditional pottery from Imre Szűcs
Match of the Matriarchs, Boston Sculptors Gallery, 2018 (The Cephalopods)
Match of the Matriarchs
22 May 19
A maternal chess set
Hebron Glass
22 May 19
An ancient art still practiced today
ZuluGal Retro
08 May 19
Beading to economic empowerment
Gahya Links
08 May 19
Joining Hutu and Tutsi women into a basket-weaving arts collective
Simple Wicker
08 May 19
Blaise Cayol’s humbling baskets
Detail of smocking, Photo by Jordana Martin
Handmaking History
24 Apr 19
Using the past to create a design narrative
Johnny Swing in his Brookline, Vermont studio. Photography by Paul Specht.
Design Sense
26 Feb 19
Turning ideas into a reality
Summer
Piece by Piece
14 Feb 19
Creating collages of the English Countryside
Photo by Susan Bernstein.
Jabulile Nala
14 Feb 19
Living a Legend
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Culture

Passage to India
27 Sep 18
A Textile Story in Three Parts
Detail from the installation at the Museum at FIT, with embroidery by Dabbous .
Collages of Cultures
06 Jun 18
Art that Inspires
Revitalizing Mapuche Craft
07 Feb 18
Connecting values and culture
Of A Temporary Nature
18 Oct 17
Visual Poetry
Holy Roman Empire Intarsia Quilt Artist unidentified Prussia or Austria 1846–1851 Wool, with embroidery thread; intarsia; hand-appliquéd and hand-embroidered 101 1/2 x 101 1/2" Collection International Quilt Study Center & Museum University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
War and Pieced
22 Sep 17
Quilts from military fabrics
African Scandinavian Fusion
09 Mar 17
BYHAND AFRICAN ARTISANS bring Danish simplicity to African craft
Breaking Stereotype
25 Jan 17
Investing in Kenyan Women and Ingenuity
Colombian Composure
19 Jan 17
Fe Handbag’s Intertribal Collaborations
Life Changers
16 Nov 16
Art Creation Foundation for Children
A Natural Extension
10 Aug 16
No-Mad’s local and international home decor
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Place

Heidi by the window of Mustafa’s workshop.
Diamonds to chickens
07 Apr 16
Cultural exchange in Morocco
Sortng and smoothing dyed paper.
Tragedy at the Top of the World
06 May 15
Nepali Artisans’ Lives Crumble
Green Windows.
Etched in Time
22 Apr 15
A wood carver’s duty
Embrace and Develop
19 Dec 13
Empowering Cape Town’s HIV/AIDS community via craft
A Place of Hope
06 Nov 13
Kageno forges bonds with designers that stretch worldwide
Local Icons
11 Sep 13
Santa Fe’s pantheon of multicultural saints
The Wayra Way
14 Aug 13
Crocheting and Knitting from Peruvian Mining Towns
Hard-Earned Recognition
12 Aug 13
Caribbean Craft's artisan business
The Future of Craft?
17 Jul 13
Linking tradition with art and design
Art from the Periphery
05 Jun 13
Touring Turkey’s Baksı Museum
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