SCHUYLERVILLE — Sixth-graders at Schuylerville Elementary School wove their ideas of American culture with African artistry Tuesday afternoon. Master cloth weaver, Gilbert “Bobbo” Ahiagble and his son ...
Leianzy Mamites is the lone child weaver of the Bagobo-Klata community outside Bansalan town, Davao del Sur. FOR years, eight-year-old Leianzy Mamites would be staring and observing her grandmother ...
Before the Industrial Revolution, when machine-made cloth became all the rage, it was a skill that was much more widespread. Inspiring others to learn how to weave is an important part of what the ...
The piña cloth is a light fabric popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is unique to the Philippines and has been used to make traditional garments for centuries. The fabric is ...
Razak Akanbi is a professional cloth weaver, specialising in making assortments of aso-oke. Located within the premises of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Akanbi moved over to Lagos from his home ...
For conceptual artist Lakshmi Madhavan, the gossamer fine cotton cloth woven with gold zari (kasavu) is her chosen medium to explore a people’s stories, culture and social mooring. The Mumbai-based ...