Handlooms News
Go to the source and learn about the use of natural fibers and where they come from during the Winter Wool Festival.
The event, which takes place on Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Heritage Farm in the ABQ Bio Park Botanic Garden, will showcase
‘Not all indigenous groups in the Philippines have this craft. It’s my duty to save it from dying,’ Evelinda Otong Hamja says
Tom Jipson’s introduction to weaving was accidental. It started with a gift he bought for his sister-in-law in the early 70s, a book about Navajo weaving.
Every time a woman drapes a sari anywhere in the world, she is creating Indian material culture. Both the weaver and the wearer are considered to be artists. To understand why folklorist Pravina Shukla calls it Indian material culture, it helps to
The Philippines boasts a rich and complex history, owing to centuries of interaction and exchange among Malay settlers, Chinese and Middle Eastern traders, and several foreign conquerors. Such heritage still stands in pockets across Metro Manila.
Nearly 4,407 individual weavers who are running their own looms will benefit from the loan waiver programme.
Kakching: Development Commissioner for Handlooms Weavers’ Service Centre Imphal organised ‘A World of Opportunity Awaits Your Craftsmanship’, a programme under Hastkala Sahyog Shivir, an initiative of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of
Loans worth Rs. 2.19 crore disbursed to 438 beneficiaries under MUDRA scheme
Weavers of the district received loans and subsidies for procurement of yarn, looms and accessories from Collector K. Veera Raghava Rao as part of Hastakala Shirv
MADURAI: Weavers should position themselves in the industry, brand their products and also try to produce as per demand, Madurai collector K Veera Raghava Rao has said. Speaking at the weaver awareness (Hastkala Sahyog Shivir) programme organised
Loans worth Rs. 2.19 crore disbursed to 438 beneficiaries under MUDRA scheme
A recreation of a unique woven garment understood to have been gifted to a Wesleyan missionary who served in the Hokianga in the 1830s has come home.
Thoubal: Marketing and Service Extension Centre Imphal of Development Commissioner for Handlooms Weavers’ Service Centre Imphal organised an awareness programme for weavers and craftsmen under Hastkala Sahyog Shivir, an initiative of the Ministr
BANDIPORA: National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC) in collaboration with Hastkala Sahyog Shivir and Handloom Department organised an awareness camp here on Saturday.
Parisera, an online platform is offering exclusive and exquisite handwoven sarees that are directly sourced from weavers across the country.
VIVENCIA Mamites is a craftswoman and an esteemed weaver of inabal, the traditional fabric of the Bagobo-Tagabawa Tribe in the Philippines.
With widespread use of devices like these, the dying art of traditional handloom weaving will receive a fillip, and the legacy of weaving communities will continue to flourish, thanks to innovators like Dipak.
Through the years, weavers have faced innumerable challenges but with the changing trends, they are gaining foothold in the industry, says Priya Jain.
Choutuppal: MP Bhoora Narsaiah Goud said he was trying his best to get the Goods and Service Tax (GST) on handlooms cancelled. He inaugurated a handloom work shed constructed with an estimated cost of Rs 50 lakh at Kuntalgudem of Choutuppal mandal
Artist Yasmin Jahan Nupur highlights the intricate art of jamdani weaving to put the spotlight on the fading art form.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take off the recently introduced restrictive clauses for the handloom weavers’ cooperative societies eligible for availing marketing incentives under Nati