Overlooking Saqqara necropolis, some 20 kilometers from the Giza pyramid complex, Saqqara village lies as a tourist attraction with its unique handmade rugs and carpets that represent a characteristic ...

The craft tradition ‘Handmade weaving in Upper Egypt (Sa’eed)’ is a complex process that requires time, effort, patience and practice. Many steps and techniques are involved in the loom preparation, ...

Adding handmade weaving to the list was not an easy task. Among the conditions negotiated was that it should have an economic value on those who practice it On Wednesday, UNESCO included the Egyptian ...

ESCONDIDO —— In one corner of the California Center for theArts, Escondido, on Saturday, Joanne Klissus pedaled the twintreadles of her handmade spinning wheel, patiently transforminghairlike tufts of ...

Eric Schillinger of Novi has been “intrigued” by the art of weaving almost his entire life, but it took 60 years for him to develop skills as a weaver, and if you ask what took so long, well — you’ll ...

Inside her mudbrick home, Paula Fulton sits at one of only a few drawlooms that exist in the country. The 67-year-old is helping to keep the age-old craft of Damask weaving alive. "There might be five ...

In a world of nanotechnology and rovers on Mars, it’s reassuring to imagine that in the village of Kilcar, Co Donegal, there’s a mill still creating fabric on wooden looms that look like they’re from ...

The weaving process is a time-consuming affair. A metre of jacquard fabric takes up to five-six hours to weave and a day’s work would yield about two metres. For a plain fabric that would be four ...