Buganda Royalty Buganda In the south-western corner of Uganda, between Lake Victoria and the western Rift Valley, lies the Buganda Kingdom. The Ngonge clan are known as the craftsmen of the...
Category: Textile Encounters
“Unlike in the West, Chinese embroidery has always been viewed as an art form as opposed to a craft. In this respect, there has been continuous innovation in the stitching techniques...
“In the Andes, textiles are not a hobby, they are a way of life. To live is to create textiles, and in creating textiles, you live.” Nilda Callaňaupa Alvarez Nilda is the founder...
The second TARNANTHI - Festival of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art – is on in Adelaide, South Australia. As a new Australian, I know that few people outside this vast...
Fine embroidery is not the first thing that comes to most people’s mind when they hear the name Afghanistan. But for a group of women in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, fine khamak...
After researching the Keiskamma Tapestry for last month’s column, I realised there is a lot more to say about the work of the Keiskamma Trust and Art Project. This month we’re looking at the...
