If there is a craft common to all of Southeast Asia, it is the craft of weaving. The baskets, mats and the fabrics of this region have all been part of the culture for thousands of years. Their ...

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. WILLIAMSBURG — Ten large floor looms consuming most of the space in a room would ...

Arriving in Basin in the early 1900s as a young wife, Mary Meigs Atwater searched for meaningful work that young women could do while their husbands worked long hours in the mines. She discovered the ...

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 ...

Jamdani, a weaving patten, comes from the Persian word "jam", which means floral and "dani" which means a vase or a container, named after the floral patterns that are seen in Jamdani weaves. The ...