The seemingly humble flying-shuttle loom, originally built to make the weaving of wide cloth faster and easier, stood at the threshold between the largely handcrafted world of the past and the ...

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At parks, the airport lounge, the dentist’s office, by the pool, cafes… Naresh Ramasubramanian, managing director of Chennai-based Shuttles & Needles, says he is surprised by how many people have ...

Weaving with the use of the traditional loin loom is a skill and occupation that is passed down generations among women in tribal communities in the North-East of the country. Even as women are ...

Assam’s Mising indigenous tribal community has a rich tradition of weaving. A Mising woman, despite being engaged in myriad household activities through the day, is likely to spend some time on her ...

Weaving is one of the oldest crafts in the world, and was also among the first to be automated: the Industrial Revolution was in large part driven by developments in loom technology. [Roger de Meester ...

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