University of Iowa
Streaming Videos of Burkina Faso and Ghana
Dozens of streaming videos to view based on African art and culture. View examples of how masks are used in festivals and ceremonies, how pottery is formed and fired, art that is created for everyday living, weaving on a loom, funeral...
Gabriel Dumont Institute
The Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Artistic Expressions
Metis women are known for their skills in beading, quilling embroidery and finger weaving. Traditional arts and contemporary artists and their art is recognized through video, print and visual files.
Other
Usps: Charles W. Chesnutt: Dreamweaver
Celebrate Black Heritage Month by studying this Dreamweaver who used his talents as a teacher, writer, speaker, and activist to persuade people to share his passion for a world in which all people are treated equally. Write poems,...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Lia Cook: Textile Painter
The artwork of Lia Cook, textile painter is profiled. Cook has a unique way of "weaving paintings" by dying silk cords, painting linen threads, and weaving them together to create figures and motifs.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Crafty Wasps Turn Spiders Into Web Weaving Slaves
Read about the effect a certain parasitic wasp can have on spiders. Includes video.
Other
Mint Museums: Hands on Crafts
Interactive resource about pottery, weaving, quilting, and basketry. Includes informative texts, videos of children dicussing and/or performing their craft, ability to "make" crafts online, and information about places to go to make...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Kay Sekimachi
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Kay Sekimachi is described here along with information on her contributions to art through weaving.
Curated OER
Weaving Kijoka Banana Fiber Cloth
This site from the Traditional Crafts of Japan site contains information on the art of weaving in Japan. It discusses the silk, the weaves, the loom and the future. Pictures are provided along with links to additional information.
Curated OER
Kente Paper Weaving
A lesson plan that introduces young students to African textiles. This is a simple paper weaving lesson based on African Kente cloth. Includes lesson adaptations.
Curated OER
How to Finger Weave
Don't have a loom? No problem with this weaving idea. All you need is yarn and your fingers!
Curated OER
How to Finger Weave
Don't have a loom? No problem with this weaving idea. All you need is yarn and your fingers!
Curated OER
How to Finger Weave
Don't have a loom? No problem with this weaving idea. All you need is yarn and your fingers!
Curated OER
How to Finger Weave
Don't have a loom? No problem with this weaving idea. All you need is yarn and your fingers!
Curated OER
How to Finger Weave
Don't have a loom? No problem with this weaving idea. All you need is yarn and your fingers!
Curated OER
How to Finger Weave
Don't have a loom? No problem with this weaving idea. All you need is yarn and your fingers!
Curated OER
How to Finger Weave
Don't have a loom? No problem with this weaving idea. All you need is yarn and your fingers!
University of California
Shapes and Uses of California Indian Basketry
This is an illustrated comprehensive overview of Native American basket types. Discusses different styles and what they are used for.
Other
Native Web: Miguel Andrango, Maestro Del Telar
Indigenous artisan, Miguel Andrango, is described as the "master of the loom." Miguel, and others like him in the Andean highlands of northern Ecuador create traditional weavings with the dying method of what is called a backstrap loom....
Other
Carpet Museum of Iran
The home on the web of Tehran's museum of carpets, which showcases the craftsmanship and beauty of the carpet-weaving traditions of the region. Virtual panoramic tours of the museum's galleries and multiple examples of the rich variety...
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Flax
Provides detailed information regarding the growing of flax for weaving into linen cloth by Ancient Egyptians. Includes images illustration Ancient Egyptian flax production.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Wolves Change an Ecosystem
Jim Robbins's article, "Weaving A New Web: Wolves Change An Ecosystem" focuses on the research and findings of biologist Robert Crabtree and his organization, Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies, in looking at wolves and coyotes.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Lia Cook
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Lia Cook is described here along with information on his contributions to art through her work with weaving, textiles, and draped fabric.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Dominic Di Mare
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Dominic Di Mare is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his various crafts and weavings.
ArgentinaXplora.com
Argentinaexplora.com: Artesania Textil Y La Indumentaria
Spanish content; this is a page of nothing but images of various examples of traditional textiles and weavings from Argentina.
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