In the China Pavilion at the sixth China International Import Expo in Shanghai, a piece of bamboo art resembling a Taihu Lake Stone was the center of attention. Qian Lihuai's bamboo weaving ...

Bamboo craftswoman Ketut Dipet’s fingers are adeptly weaving different colored sheets of bamboo. Once in a while, she weaved without even looking at what she was doing. “I’ve been weaving bamboo since ...

In the watery villages along the southern part of the Yangtze River, bamboo is a major part of people's daily life. Before Wuzhen, a village in East China's Zhejiang Province, became famous for ...

Artisan Shibata Megumi is on a mission to preserve Torigoe bamboo weaving, an ancient handicraft tradition from her native Iwate Prefecture that faces the dual dilemma of withering stands of source ...

P Lakshmi busily weaves a window blind at the entrance of the Medara (bamboo weavers) Street. Her deft fingers work almost intuitively on the bamboo sticks as she chats with her neighbour who gives ...

Zhang Yongjie shows woven bamboo hairpins in Dayuan Village of Chenwu Township, Luoning County, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 18, 2019. Zhang Yongjie, a 71-year-old farmer, began to learn ...

"Bamboo weaving lacks documented records, the skills have always been passed down orally. I spent a considerable period interviewing seasoned artisans and meticulously compiling records of weaving ...

Besides his Taihu Lake Stone installation, Qian also displayed 12 woven bamboo patterns in unique shapes and colors that attracted attention at the expo. He says that many visitors to the CIIE do not ...

An unique exhibition of products made with handloom woven bamboo fabrics was opened by the Minister of Economic Development, Basil Rajapakse, at the Kandygs Thirasara Island last week. The exhibition ...