A fascinating workshop titled "Marbling Silk," organised by traditional silk artisans from Nam Cao Village in Thai Binh ...

Srinagar- In a major fillip to Kashmir's famed handicrafts, the Handicrafts and Handloom Department, Kashmir, is on the verge of commissioning a mod ...

Beginners in silk painting should start with simple designs. Complex patterns can be overwhelming and frustrating. Simple designs allow you to learn the feel of the brush on silk, understand how the ...

The colors have been tried on silk, and found perfectly fast ... with the addition of a little tartaric oxalic acid, forms the dyeing liquor of Mr. Perkins. Messrs. Grace Calvert and Charles ...

In the 2010s, as cheaper, fake silk flooded the market and young textile workers moved to the big cities, this local craft started dying out. But one village turned things around, banding together ...