To answer the question of whether the future of textiles is handmade, a possible start could be to ask: Is the “present” of textiles handmade? We have had machine-made cloth in the subcontinent since ...

On a recent trip to Cambodia, Anais Missakian, head of the Rhode Island School of Design textile department, couldn’t help but notice the proliferation of textile makers selling traditionally woven ...

What is the significance of handmade clothing to a generation influenced by western trends. We need to start appreciating it; the little imperfection it comes with. And of course it is one of the most ...

Textiles used to be created by hand, in an intimate physical relationship between fabric and weaver. But now, our textiles are programmed by computer, woven by machines. How do we reclaim the artist’s ...

Voz, a luxury ethical fashion brand, is working to offset the impact of counterfeiting in the artisan community. The company was launched in 2012 by Jasmine Etoile Aarons, an entrepreneur and a ...

The craft industry encompasses goods that are handmade by artisans or those skilled in a particular trade. Small businesses engaged in the craft trade include everything from art galleries to handmade ...

“Handmade” is a group show by Western Ave Lofts textile artists who come together at a weekly sewing circle organized by resident artist Alex DiMauro. The exhibit is on view in the Lobby Gallery at ...

From old textiles to contemporary fashion, Indian fabrics go on display at UK’s Victoria & Albert Museum as a part of the India Festival. A visitor walks past a floor-spread during a press preview of ...

The online platform aims at empowering rural entrepreneurs, especially artisan communities in Andhra Pradesh by facilitating direct access to online markets. One such community belongs to the ...

On May 20, 1498, the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, having sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, anchored his fleet at Calicut on the Malabar Coast and became the first European to reach India by ...

India’s handloom and handicrafts economy, employing over 35 lakh weavers and artisans—72% of them women (according to the 2019–20 Handloom Census)—is at the centre of a growing campaign to scrap the ...