Traditional techniques

Specialist: Allyson McDermott | Interiors | House & Garden

On Saturday, March 19, the de Young Museum presents Bedouin Weaving of Saudi Arabia and its Neighbours. The Textile Arts Council presents Palestine-American artist and teacher Joy Totah Hilden. Saudi Arabia’s steady movement away from traditional tribal nomadism toward modern urbanization has forced changes in the creation and use of its vibrant native textiles. Ms. Hilden will explain the structure and uses of these pieces, demonstrate Bedouin spinning technique and display vivid examples…

Legendary, charismatic textile artist Nike Davies-Okundaye has led a live that is as colourful and eventful as her art. Now recognised as one of Nigeria’s foremost textiles artists, she has spent the last five decades successfully invigorating the traditional techniques of batik and adire, merging them with shimmering passages of embroidery and intricate patchworks loaded...

Originating in Java, Indonesia, batik is a technique of creating patterns on cloth by using a spouted tool called a canting, or a stamp called a cap. The cloth is then coloured with wax-resist dye.

Basic Papermaking Process

Has there ever been a country that has just called to you? Imploring you to visit? To explore its cities and roam its streets? To taste its foods and experience its culture? To buy its wares and immerse yourself in everything it has to offer? I have known many: Italy, Iceland, and Morocco, to be

Traditional fabrication of khadi with a wheel

Handloom Weaving: Ilkal saree is woven in cotton along with art silk, with a border and a pallu of art silk or in mixed art silk and cotton. It is also woven with a silk border and pallu or even a body of silk and cotton with a silk border and pallu. Saree’s with a pure silk body, border and pallu with silk, art silk or cotton are later introductions. Gomi border and chikki paras’ border are the two types of borders observed in the Ilkal saree. Chikki means dots or stars and kaddi, kondi…

Weaving the Dawn, the artist's New York debut, showcases several decades' worth of tapestries that challenge the boundaries of the art form.

Making silk thread. 6-20 filament is reeled through an eye and becomes a single thread of silk. But it takes 2-6 threads to make silk yarn that a weaver can use.

Fabric: T'nalak

Indigenous perspective interview and art series on traditional ecological knowledges as a solution to the climate crisis, written by Cameran Bahnsen

Tjantings (or cantings) are beautiful Javanese tools for applying wax to cloth when making a batik. They have a long handle and a little copper or brass pot with a spout from which melted wax is let out. Read more

The island of Niihau has long been shrouded in mystery, isolated in space and almost in time. As a result, the residents there have been able to practice

: This image captures the intricate process of creating a Patan Patola saree, showcasing a skilled artisan meticulously working on thread preparation using traditional methods. Patan Patola sarees are globally renowned handcrafted textiles from Gujarat, India, known for their double ikat weaving technique. In this method, threads are precisely dyed before being woven, resulting in stunning and symmetrical patterns. Each saree reflects exquisite craftsmanship, patience, and heritage…

Hand-woven, hand-painted and hand-embroided kalamkari suit ✨

Dear beloved future students, I hope that you are as excited as I am! Here is a sneak-peek... Here are samples I did with my...