Smart textiles are one of the many words used to describe fabrics with electronics embedded into their structure. These electronics sense information, like physiological signals or pressure, and ...

The Textiles area is grounded in traditional textile techniques and materials, as well as modern and contemporary processes and materials. You will explore a variety of techniques (dyeing and sewing, ...

As a child, Liu Xianglan was captivated by the vibrant colors and intricate patterns of Li brocade. In her adulthood, this craft became her life's work. So she was ecstatic when she heard that the ...

Artists from India that came from the Internatinal Folk Art Market to the Northland to demonstrate their textile techniques that have been passed down for generations. We were able to get a glimpse at ...

The traditional Li textile techniques of spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering are employed by women of the Li ethnic group of Hainan Province, China, to make cotton, hemp and other fibres into ...

An exhibition featuring contemporary art pieces based on traditional textile techniques by one of the country’s finest artists went on display here in the capital. The exhibition featuring embroidered ...

Khadi: India’s age old fabric has undergone a massive makeover. No longer limited to just khadi saris, you can invest in khadi short jackets, vests or even long skirts. Style the fabric with bright ...

Textiles and textile-related material constitute an important domain of material culture. Textiles require advanced levels of technology to be produced from the making of threads and their ...

WASHINGTON, DC — By confronting old, narrow definitions of what abstract modernist art is, Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction at the National Gallery of Art makes the case that textiles ...

Pompeii’s director, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, has been overseeing a project reviving ancient crafts and production techniques within the archaeological park. Inside the Pompeii archaeological site, a new ...