Clothing is one of our most basic needs, along with food and shelter — but textiles are also important symbols of identity. In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, WTOP is ...

For generations, the women of rural Laos have told the stories of their lives through weaving, threading symbols like flowers, rainstorms and mythical serpents into everyday clothes and fabrics. Fifty ...

The contemporary art world has seen an uptick in artists working with both textiles and with Indigenous craft traditions, but the two strands weave together in the work of Nengi Omuku, whose paintings ...

In a quiet corner of Delhi’s 9,000 sq. ft Textile Gallery hangs a backpack that tells stories of India’s northernmost region, Ladakh. Shaped like a tiger, it references one of the five mythical ...

This deeply researched guide from Fischer, an archaeological field supervisor, explores the history of traditional textile techniques that have largely been forgotten and instructs modern crafters on ...