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Textiles of Timor, Island in the Woven Sea

By Roy W. Hamilton, Joanna Barrkman

Timor has been a divided island at least since the seventeenth century when Dutch and Portuguese colonial empires competed for its control. Despite this fragmentation, the weaving of cloth has remained intimately linked to the...

Material Choices

Refashioning Bast and Leaf Fibers in Asia and the Pacific

By Roy W. Hamilton, B. Lynne Milgram

Winner of the R. L. Shep Ethnic Textiles Award sponsored by the Textile Society of America

Asia is renowned for the production of fine handwoven cottons and luxurious silks -- important items of trade for centuries....

Weavers' Stories from Island Southeast Asia

By Roy W. Hamilton

Weaver's Stories from Island Southeast Asia delves into the personal stories of individual textile artists, bringing recognition to their accomplishments, skills, and extraordinary lives. Photographs of ten women from eight locations in the Southeast Asian...