GANGHWA ISLAND — The landscape of Ganghwa Island, just west of Seoul, has changed from one filled with traditional houses that once vigorously produced sedge crafts to one filled with posh summer ...
The patterns, colours and technique of traditional Vietnamese mat weaving are on display in an online exhibition through the artworks of Pham Hong Linh. Due to the ...
For a long time, the sedge mats of Hoi Village in Tan Le Commune, Hung Ha District in Thai Binh have been a typical product of the Red River Delta province. The main raw materials used to make mats ...
Four women gathered around a card table at a retirement community’s clubhouse in Taneytown on Wednesday, Feb. 13, intently sorting through a mountain of plastic grocery bags. “When I started this, I ...
The age-old practice of turning tree leaves into mats has been revived on the islands. “It teaches you how to weave relationships, past and present,” one master artisan says. By Patricia Leigh Brown ...
THEY ARE NOT dream weavers, but residents of two islands hundreds of kilometers apart, weave sleeping mats on which people may experience wonderful dreams. This is because the islands—Anda in ...
Ngot Bi, is 91 years old and is one of the most revered senior citizens in Kampung Semera Ulu Sadong Jaya, Asa Jaya, Sarawak where she lives. She is among the few remaining traditional mat weavers in ...
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A dedicated group in Sioux City is creating plastic mats out of used plastic bags from retail stores. The bags are donated and then given new life. It was a room full of chatter ...