ALLEGAN COUNTY -- In a wood shop between a small pond and a private landing strip, Bruce Niemi transforms boards of red oak into weaving looms sturdy enough to withstand even the most aggressive ...
DALI VILLAGE (CHINA) — The young woman sat at the foot of the wooden loom and began to weave. As her fingers passed the orange shuttle back and forth through the delicate cotton threads, the creaky ...
Seated at old wooden weaving looms, workers are toiling away. The conditions in their huts are like something from mediaeval times. It is dark, dingy, everything operated by hand. Some of those ...
The accelerating flight of young villagers to cities has imperiled a folk tradition the Dong have kept alive for centuries: the weaving and dyeing of indigo textiles The young woman sat at the foot of ...