The Route de Rhum is one of the most fascinating transatlantic races, pitting single skippers in multiple sailboat classes in a 3,542-mile sprint from Malo in Brittany, France to the Caribbean island ...

Gucci has launched Keep It Gucci: The Art of Silk, a campaign honouring its rich heritage in silk craftsmanship - captured by renowned photographer Steven Meisel, and featuring actress Julia Garner.

Marilyn Kirkman can’t recall when this piece was done. Ten years ago maybe? The artist does not date her work. She is blind, and she worries that dating with a marker or brush would turn out messy.

The National Silk Art Museum in Weston has over 500 silk tapestries that combine history and art. Each piece is a woven copy of an original oil painting dating back hundreds of years. Some of the ...

Juliet Vonturi is a silkmaker colorist who prints, hand paints and hand colors pieces of silk. Her work is then used to make clothing, art or other textiles. “I have a lot of dreams about silk and ...

Can a piece of silk chiffon be a stress reliever? Kate Beck's silk wearables seem to exude a certain calming influence on those who encounter them, much in the way a trickling water fountain or ...

Fiber artist Dawn Reeves transforms silk into beautiful, patterned, pieces of clothing. From ponchos to ruanas, scarves, vests and men’s ties, the West Bloomfield artist enjoys the process of using ...

THE COLONY, Texas — "Creative," "innovative, " and "mesmerizing." Those are some words customers might use to describe Dallas Silk Art in The Colony. "Step by step, they get to do everything. We just ...

Artist Louise Silk, a born-and-raised Pittsburgher, has created a chronicle of her life over the decades through quilting. Starting on Sunday, visitors to the John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh’s ...

BEIJING, Jan. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Textiles from Dunhuang and A Comprehensive Collection of Chinese Silks Presentation of Achievements and Academic Symposium was held in Beijing China on 22 ...