of wool out of a steaming vat of red dye and grinned: ''Bugs,'' said the patriarch of a family of rug weavers in this small town in southern Mexico. come by van from the city, a group of 10 mother-and ...

Isaac Vásquez Garcia hauled a hank of wool out of a steaming vat of red dye and grinned: “Bugs,” said the patriarch of a family of rug weavers in the small town of Teotitlán del Valle in southern ...

Moroccan carpets are prized for their beauty and can fetch hundreds of dollars in stores. But little of that money ends up in the hands of the women who spend months weaving the carpets. Rug weavers ...

As weaving skills are evaporating in Finland, so is the ability to design rag rugs.

It was 5:00 a.m. in Marrakech and I could hear the call to prayer from my bed. Birds were already beginning to chirp and while this pre-dawn wake-up call would have been hell in a cold November New ...

The first thing you encounter when you visit Sanctuary, a thought-provoking exhibit now showing at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, are the words: “This is a sanctuary where we all belong.” Inspired by ...

Sometimes, Lis Barsuglia-Madsen and her husband Michael would like winter to be twice as long as it is. You would too, if you spent the cold... Feb 17, 2016 — Sometimes, Lis Barsuglia-Madsen and her ...

The art of knot and weave is as ancient as the oldest civilisation itself. An exhibition on such hand woven rugs hosted by Tulsi’s Arterior, a store known for its finely handcrafted teak furniture, ...