Isaac Vásquez Garcia hauled a hank of wool out of a steaming vat of red dye and grinned: “Bugs,” said the patriarch of a family of rug weavers in the small town of Teotitlán del Valle in southern ...
George Pitt remembers stories his grandmother told about weaving her own rugs, a technique he showed off Saturday at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center. Rug weaving was just one of several ...
Photo provided Dee Nierman’s mother is shown in the past at the 1864 loom that Nierman uses today. Rag-rug maker Dee Nierman lets it be known right at the top of a conversation that, at 87 years old, ...
In today’s environment-conscious world, when tradition, innovative design and sustainability come together it makes for an ideal fusion that cuts wastage and nurtures livelihoods. The rug industry may ...
Rebecca Arkenberg returns to Newtown for some educational family fun this weekend. A textile artist and art historian from Stratford, she'll give a weaving demonstration on her portable loom and tell ...