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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two French designers have updated a weaving technique from before the Industrial Revolution for the 21st century. Pixtil*, a company founded by textile designers Delphine Saltet and Olivier Paradeise, ...

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 ...

"Handlooms, steeped in antiquity and revered through the annals of time, have been an integral part of India's cultural tapestry. Handlooms hold a deep-rooted association with Indian deities, as each ...

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 ...