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 ...

Xue Qihua, an inheritor of the Malu bamboo weaving teaches students techniques of bamboo weaving at the Jiayuanhai Art Center in Malu town, Jiading district of Shanghai. [Photo/jiading.gov.cn] With a ...

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 ...

Thirty residents of a village in Region Three are to benefit from a training course in bamboo weaving techniques courtesy of the Govern-ment of China, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release ...

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 ...

Nendo is known for using innovative techniques to push materials to their limit. The prolific Japanese studio made design history when it introduced the Cord chair, an ultrathin wooden seat with a ...

Explore the creation of a floating bamboo house using traditional weaving techniques with grass and bamboo, and learn how to ...

The elemental practice of weaving sea grass, bamboo, water hyacinth, rattan, reed, willow and other natural fibers, is one that evolved over centuries into high craft. In home design, woven, plaited, ...

"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 ...