Anders Zanichkowsky weaves burial shrouds for people who expect to live for many more decades. It’s a modern twist on an ancient practice. Anders Zanichkowsky nimbly navigates around a large loom in ...

APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - One scout is cutting and weaving blankets, one plastic bag at a time, all to help those experiencing homelessness. A Kaukauna teen is taking a problem that goes unseen and ...

When many people envision a Native blanket, they see a “Southwestern” style rather than blankets like the ones my family—who ...

“The Navajo weaver often rubs a spider’s web into her hands to bless herself before beginning a weaving. A child also received the blessing of the web so that one day she may grow to be a fine weaver ...

“This is a computer. It’s a wooden computer made of wood and metal.” I’m at the cozy home studio of artist Anders Zanichkowsky, who is explaining the complicated basics of their canopy-bed-sized, ...

FARUK PARA, Bangladesh, September 14 (UNHCR) - Kil Cer, a shy, petite 34-year Chin refugee from Myanmar, can be found every morning weaving blankets along with five other women in the village ...

Chief’s Blanket, Navajo Nation (1865-1870); Warp: native handspun wool, Weft: native handspun wool and raveled wool; Gift of Rex and Pat Lucke (All images courtesy of the Art Museums of Colonial ...