At Amish Furniture Gallery’s new 16,000 square foot store in Batavia, store manager Brian Zerm told me there are 61 different styles of tables on display. One in particular caught my eye: a tabletop of cherry wood with hickory log legs. The matching chairs had cherry wood seats and hickory log chair backs and legs. [...]
The Indonesian Ecolabeling Agency (LEI) has set up cooperation with several other institutions to provide the furniture market with products and handicrafts made from wood taken from ecolabeled forests, a spokesman said.
Therefore, LEI as well as people`s forest management groups in Wonogiri district in Central Java and Gunungkidul district in Yogyakarta which already have ecolabel [...]
Siyaha has extended a grant of $78,869 to the Jordan Handicraft Producers Association (JHPA) in a bid to develop the sector and improve the quality of merchandise.
The USAID-funded grant will also support training workshops to develop handicraft skills and products to meet the needs of the tourism sector. It will also fund the launching of [...]
The exports of handicrafts from the state has shown a declining trend in spite of the fact that the region is rich in rural handicrafts.
Exports in the year 2005-06 were worth Rs 301.3 crore only, whereas, national exports were worth Rs 14, 526.85 crore during the same period.
The state has not been able to keep [...]
Thailand and Bhutan have expressed interest to import bamboo and cane handicraft products from Tripura and business delegations from the two countries will visit the state next week discuss the issue.
Two business concerns from Thailand and Bhutan had expressed interest in buying the handicraft items after seeing the products at the Industrial Fair in Delhi [...]
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is set to give exposure again to Mindanao’s best products by holding in General Santos City an island-wide trade fair.
Ibrahim K. Guiamadel, DTI-Central Mindanao regional director, said the agency is coordinating with the City Government and the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council for the staging of the [...]
A group of artisans in Gujarat have earned name and fame for the handicraft novelties made of bamboo.
These bamboo artisans make intricately designed bamboo handicraft items like photo frames, miniature ships, wall hangings and chariots.
The bamboo is split into thin strips which are later coloured and used with other decorative material to craft beautiful items.
The [...]
The Tokushima Handicraft Association of Japan has chosen Malta to hold an exhibition of traditional handicrafts to celebrate its 35th anniversary of its foundation.
During their visit to Malta members of the association will organise an exhibition as well as provide demonstrations of their skills in the production of Japanese traditional textile crafts. [...]
The members of Banglacraft, involved in handicraft exporting, have urged the government as well as concerned authorities to take necessary steps for finding out alternatives to resolve their packaging material crisis, said a press release.
The release said, as a packaging material polythene bag is very essential for handicraft exporting. But due to restriction, imposed by [...]
Housing and Common Amenities Minister Ferial Ashraff ceremonially opened the handicraft exhibition centre “Beyond the Tsunami†at Bandaranaike International Airport recently. The handicrafts made by the tsunami victims will be displayed at the Centre.
The Housing and Common Amenities Ministry and the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) jointly established this exhibition centre.
The main raw materials for [...]