Much of today’s world is look-alike: cookie-cutter subdivisions, chain stores and cheap imitations. If there is an antithesis to all this, it might be Prairie Woodworks in Downs.
The shop is known for its handcrafted arts and crafts-style furniture. Owners Steve Stenger and Ron Skidmore have been ranked among the top 10 furniture makers by Midwest [...]
A craft market exhibition was yesterday held at Sheraton Utama Hotel in the capital, showcasing an assortment of local and imported handcrafted items.
Among the products on offer were Burmese laquerware, Thai ornaments, fashion accessories from Australia and United States, handmade bags from Hong Kong, and tribal decorative items by the Penan of Sarawak. There [...]
In an effort to improve their socio-economic condition, villagers in Manipur’s Tamenglong district have set up a handicraft centre, making the optimum use of abundantly available fine quality cane and Bamboo.
Built by villagers, the handicraft centre has been under the supervision of Tamenglong Bamboo and Cane Development Centre (TAMBAC).
Since 2003, a group of 10 craftsmen [...]
A sale of tribal art from Africa, Oceania and North America held in Paris fetched nearly nine million euros (11 million dollars), Sotheby’s said, adding that it was a record for the auction house.
Five different pieces sold on Friday made world records, including an Urhobo statue bought for 1,132,000 euros, and a Bangwa statue from [...]
The primary theme of the show is to bring together the best of new products. It showcases imported articles such as high-end ceramics, crystals, exclusive imported home and office furniture, artifacts, statues, paintings, fitness equipment as well as exclusive pavilion of handicraft products.
Bangaloreans who are on the lookout for the best in furniture and furnishings, [...]
Vietnam has so far this year earned US$778 million from woodwork exports, representing a year-on-year increase of nearly 29 per cent.
Of the total, exports of handicraft articles made of rattan, bamboo and sedge fetched $79 million, 7.6 per cent over the previous year’s corresponding period.
Vietnam’s wood products now rank first in EU countries’ imports, including [...]
The popularity of handicraft products from Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, in Scandinavian markets has created an opportunity for domestic handicraft exporters to boost exports, said Scandinavian trade officials.
At a meeting on June 8 aimed at helping small-and medium-sized handicraft companies in Vietnam develop overseas markets, participants heard that although the Scandinavian market was not [...]
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco is interested in Thailand’s northern handicraft products, saying he will suggest other members of the Monaccan Royal Family to visit Thailand in the future.
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco flew directly from the Middle East to Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai Sunday morning and [...]
The head of Iran’s Handicrafts Organization said one million job opportunities would have been be provided for those involved in the handicrafts sector by the year end.
Speaking in the opening ceremony of the Nationwide Handicrafts Conference and Exhibition on Saturday, Hossein Rezakhah added that producing artifacts with the most value-added is of high priority under [...]
Australian-born Warwick Purser points sadly at a building once filled with ethnic Indonesian bric-a-brac and craft made by villagers living on the outskirts of the quake-hit royal city of Yogyakarta.
The roof of the showroom has collapsed, damaging craft such as pandanus leaf placemats, woven coconut shell ice buckets and black terracota plates that have made [...]