When Janice went on holiday to Zimbabwe in 2008, she discovered handmade paper products with texture and colors she had never seen before. She immediately contacted their maker, Walter Ruprecht, who ...

You may have just found out the “truth” about paper cups and straws—some are actually embedded with plastic because paper by itself is not durable enough especially with water—and are probably ...

Rows of tents lined Bergfeld Park on Saturday and Sunday as the annual Azalea Arts & Crafts Fair welcomed visitors to browse ...

If you’re thinking about selling handmade things, check out these handmade items and crafts in high demand that we’ve prepared for you. It seems that the world has gone crazy for handmade things as ...

Are you thinking of getting way ahead on your holiday gift shopping? The Smithsonian’s annual Craft2Wear show is underway at the National Building Museum through Sunday. Kelley Gillespie, a member of ...

In one of the rooms of the Jungshi Handmade Paper Factory in Thimphu, Bhutan, Jamyang, 73, is hard at work. Sitting cross-legged against the wall, she deftly sorts boiled fibres of the daphne plant, a ...