Inspiration

Sawadee Craft
Festival

The first Sawadee Craft festival at Chiang Mai's Baan Kang Wat artist village was held between December 5th and 10th, 2015 featuring gallery exhibitions, live music, and an artist showcase....

Chiang Mai’s
NAP Fair 2015

The Nimmanhaemin Art and Design Promenade, known locally as the NAP Fair, was held December 5 - 10th, 2015 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Read The Kindcraft's report to learn about our selection of independent makers of traditional arts and contemporary craft. ...

Japanese Boro
Textiles at Sri Threads

Join The Kindcraft on a visit to Sri Threads textile gallery in Brooklyn, New York and learn about boro patchwork textiles sewn from nineteenth and early twentieth century rags and scraps of indigo-dyed cotton. ...

The Best of Handmade
at NY NOW

Meet The Kindcraft's top ten exhibitors from the handmade section of NY NOW - a home and lifestyle trade show held in New York City August 15 - 19, 2015....

Renegade Craft Fair
Brooklyn Pop-Ups

The Kindcraft visited the Renegade Craft Fair Pop-Up in Brooklyn on June 13th, 2015 to meet makers of contemporary craft. Here are a few of our favorites....

LONDON CRAFT WEEK

London Craft Week celebrated contemporary craft and the artwork of lesser-known makers and established brands at shops, studios, and galleries in various locations throughout London May 6 - 10th, 2015....

Tais Weaving in
East Timor

Contributor Emily Lush made the journey to East Timor to visit Koperativa Lo’ud, one of the country’s growing number of grassroots craft cooperatives....

Garments of the Hong Yao

Learn about the traditional dress of the Hong Yao people in Guilin, China as contributed by Sharon Tsang....

VIDEO: Nordic Slow Fashion

"The Weather Diaries" is a visually-rich 20 minute video that was created by Sarah Cooper and Nina Gorfer that documents the creative work of 12 fashion designers working in Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands....

Chiang Mai Design Week

Our rundown of the best exhibitions and events from the first-ever Chiang Mai Design Week held December 6 - 14, 2014 in Chiang Mai, Thailand....

Highlights from NAP Fair,
Chiang Mai

The 15th annual Nimmanhaemin Art and Design Promenade (NAP Fair) was held in December 2014. Here’s our coverage of the latest work from Thai artists and designers....

London Renegade
Materials Focus

Meet the makers of contemporary craft by material - paper, wood, cloth, ceramics, and metal - in our roundup from Renegade London on November 22nd and 23rd, 2014....

Highlights from Renegade New York

Our report from Renegade Craft Fair held in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on September 13th and 14th, 2014 featuring ceramists and jewelers, among other makers....

Honoring Artisans

A personal essay from a designer living in Southeast Asia about honoring artisans and showing respect for the ethnic traditional arts avoiding cultural appropriation. ...

Inspiration for a
Handmade Home

From traditional textiles to ceramics, find inspiration in our handmade home styling guide to creating contemporary spaces with thoughtfully crafted objects....

Famjoy, Master Embroiderer

Come along on a journey to the border of Laos and China to meet Famjoy, a master embroider of the Yao Mien ethnic group....

Photofile:
A Tai Dam Village

The Tai Dam people of Northern Laos weave colorful textiles and traditionally wear black headdresses, giving them the name Black Tai....