For the past 40 years, four women from one family have been participating in a range of vintage craft techniques known as 'fancy work' creating vibrant, awe-inspiring items to be sold in a church ...

Her works are made on repurposed textiles: bed sheets and tablecloths, often passed down through generations. “They all ...

The women of Dandkala village in Kolayat administrative block of Bikaner district in Rajasthan are a class apart. Although they are refugees from Umerkot district in Sindh province of Pakistan, they ...

There are groups of women in the San Luis Valley who craft elaborate scenes using embroidery, detailing scenes from farms, labor history and mountain landscapes in their region. Their work, known as ...

Roger Pinder had never embroidered anything. But last year, when the special education teacher was trying to brainstorm a program to teach students with mild disabilities work skills, he thought of ...

HYDERABAD: The specialised embroidery works found on traditional Lambadi skirts, dupattas and cholis are unique to the Lambada community, whose women have been preserving the intricate style for ...

BANGALORE, India — Across India, there has always been a rich tradition of embroidery work, from the humble kantha of West Bengal to the opulent zardosi of Uttar Pradesh. In recent years, a new ...

As traumatic as those experiences were, efforts to help him overcome the strain of what he had endured also gave him an unlikely skill: the ability to do intricate needlework. Like many other British ...

This phantom silk blouse comes with golden embroidered maggam. The shiny material and the delicate embroidery beautify the overall look. Match it with a neutral-tone saree or lehenga with a dupatta.

Bhuj, India – The international spotlight was on this city in Gujarat state after the devastating 2001 earthquake that killed nearly 20,000 people and destroyed about 400,000 homes. The simplicity of ...

Diana Weymar in collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, artwork from Moving the Needle (2023), embroidered textile series based on a quote by Reniqua Allen-Lamphere from her 2022 ...