Muslin, popularly know as Calico, produced in Kozhikode, was once famous the world over. But the knowledge and technique of weaving the cloth died with its weavers, who once caught the attention of ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Bhakti Ziek has lived a lot of lives. First, she says, were her hippie days when she was looking for the perfect ...

While US stealth fighters like the F-22 Raptor grapple with delaminating radar-absorbent coatings – a vulnerability likened to “moulting cicada wings” – China claims to have found an ancient solution ...

The traditional Li textile techniques of spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering are employed by women of the Li ethnic group of Hainan Province, China, to make cotton, hemp and other fibres into ...

Dezeen Showroom: Italian textile brand Dedar has launched Erbaluce, a fabric collection that translates contemporary patterns via traditional Jacquard weaving techniques. The Erbaluce family, which ...

One major hurdle was finding the appropriate loom. Zhou Shuangxi, the youngest member of the restoration team, explains that they found two looms at one household and had them resembled, but they were ...