Woven cloth from Phu Sang and Chiang Kham districts is known to be of superior quality to that from other areas, making for better products, Ms Kanyanat said. "I never get tired of encouraging ...

Arob Rueangsung, 59, always has a smile on her face when she welcomes visitors to Na Muen Si village in Trang. Two decades ago, Arob led a group of housewives in this southern province to search for ...

The Vikings used wooden boats for conquests all over Europe. But was their real secret weapon the wool sails that propelled their warships? Marketplace host David Brancaccio sat down with author ...

Archaeologists believe the may have found evidence of the oldest piece of woven cloth in Scotland that was worn some 5,000 years ago. A trace of the ancient piece of fabric has been found at Ness of ...

There are 2,000 bolts of hand-woven cloth stacked in He Yongdi's two-story house in Chongming Island. Over the past 15 years, the 46-year-old woman has been collecting the unique hand-woven materials ...

Blind designed by Margo Selby for Hillarys Sofa from Jameson, Glenn fabric from Botany Weavers. Photo by Oisin Mac Manus of Olas Design Roman blind designed by Margo Selby for Hillarys (prices from ...

Pavel Zoubok gallery is currently hosting an intriguing show entitled Piecework. Riffing on the traditional women’s work of piecing fabric together, the five artists in this exhibition have produced ...

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