While certain crafts are popular in modern times, you might be surprised to learn that many have actually been around for centuries. "Quilting in America, as it is more commonly practiced today, has ...

In order to help preserve Japan's cultural heritage, the national government has been designating traditional intangible techniques of crafts and performing arts as Important Intangible Cultural ...

While innovations in fabric technology have been pushing fashion forward for several seasons now, this fall, designers took cues from traditional craft techniques like beading, embroidery and ...

Early craft techniques used by these artists are passed on in a continuum of creativity. The American craft tradition did not just appear, fully-formed and mature. The artists in Origins tie their ...

Anya Paintsil did not mean to match her artwork. The Manchester-based artist donned a long, fuzzy coat in response to the cool temperatures that caught her off guard after arriving in New York, but ...

Basket weaving, wood carving, plaster work — not the skills most young designers expect to hone ahead of fashion week. Yet this summer, five emerging talents from Germany travelled to the picturesque ...

Watch a preview of the Origins episode, which focuses on the origins of the American craft movement and features artists who tie their work to early craft techniques and pass these techniques to ...