We visit CTTC and its founder Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez to learn about Peruvian Textiles and what's being done to protect Andean craft for future generations

Spending the weekend in sunny Kraków, researching folk costume and Polish traditional crafts.

To create their intricately beautiful array of fabrics, A Rum Fellow’s cofounders, husband-and-wife Dylan O’Shea and Caroline Lindsell, draw on centuries-old techniques found in Guatemala. “It’s a nation that lives and breathes textiles,” says O’Shea. There, family-run weavers produce the London-based studio’s brightly colored brocades and fabrics, which debut in the U.S. this summer with

Basket weaver and Country Living Guild member Jonathan Kline fulfills his dream of making traditional crafts while maintaining a rural lifestyle.

Check out our list of the most relaxing and popular traditional Japanese hobbies you can try at home to feed your curiosity & wanderlust.

Sydney-based artist Michelle Robinson weaves textured fibers in vibrant hues into playful, bright wall-hangings and accessories.

Straw star ornaments are easy to make at home. All you need for these natural Christmas ornaments is straw and a piece of thread.

Here are some of the most fascinating traditional arts and crafts from around the world that let you explore the global culture...

On the shores of Loch Na Fooey, basket maker Joe Hogan uses local willow, birch and larch to create woven sculptures of delicate beauty. Photographs Lisa Linder

Stars are a major theme at Christmastime. Crafted after the Star of Bethlehem, the star-shaped, ornamental parol is said to encourage hope and goodwill during the season. Hope and goodwill? We can totally get behind that theme, so we decided to make ours in the most colorful papers and maybe even keep it up in the house throughout the new year.