Wooden dolls painted in a crimson-red or saffron-yellow sari with a black hair bun are a traditional craft of Bangladesh and an integral part of every rural fair. Along with it are the wooden toys ...
On January 10 1926, Yanagi Sōetsu and the potters Hamada Shōji and Kawai Kanjirō sat talking excitedly late into the night at a temple on Mt Kōya, in Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture. They were debating ...
Small and medium-sized businesses in the field of folk arts and crafts and handicrafts earned more than 24 billion rubles last year. In total, according to the register of SMEs, there are about 1.3 ...