Inside her mudbrick home, Paula Fulton sits at one of only a few drawlooms that exist in the country. The 67-year-old is helping to keep the age-old craft of Damask weaving alive. "There might be five ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bute Fabrics has been weaving wool, alpaca, linen and silk into cloth inside a former orphanage and convent on ...

The checked fabric Madras was adopted by the affluent elite of 1950s America, and has been an "old-money" wardrobe staple ever since. But the fabric's origins go back to a South Indian fishing village ...

In a world of nanotechnology and rovers on Mars, it’s reassuring to imagine that in the village of Kilcar, Co Donegal, there’s a mill still creating fabric on wooden looms that look like they’re from ...

After the two successful editions in New Delhi and Melbourne, Australia, Sutr Santati, a textile exhibition, comes to the Maximum City at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA). Organised by ...

Kevin Donaghy, who has died aged 93 in Bruckless, Co Donegal, was a leading figure in the world of Irish textiles. Part of his life was dedicated to preserving and developing the craft of handwoven ...