Each of his works was sold at an average of 2,000 yuan ($276). Now a county-level inheritor of the traditional Li brocade ...

Loom weights have been found in Catal Huyuk, an ancient city in Anatolia that dates to 7000 BCE, and use of the warp-weighted loom persists to the present day in part of Norway. Although its ...

Li brocade is known as a “living fossil” — a rare, ancient textile tradition that has remained largely unchanged for over ...

Every time Liu Xianglan sits gracefully on the ground with her back straight, fastens a handloom around her waist, and begins ...