Two-year-old Idiyanale Padrigan watches fourth-generation Filipina weaver, Evelynda Otong, as she works at her backstrap loom. She’s crafting another square to join the fabrics scattered from the ...

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Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Bhakti Ziek has lived a lot of lives. First, she says, were her hippie days when she was looking for the perfect ...

Looms have been used in central and southern Mexico for the past 1,500 years. We can know that and still be surprised at the range of woven textiles from the area. Weaves can be coarse and bulky or ...