Monthly Archives: December 2011

Los Angeles Times, CA Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times Avakian 18k white gold ring with green tourmaline, yellow beryl, yellow sapphire, pink sapphire and diamonds, $15,500. Email Picture

The Statesman, India Statesman News Service SILIGURI, Dec. 12: The 8th Handicrafts Fair started in Siliguri today at the Kanchanjungha Stadium. The state small scale industry minister, Mr Manab Mukherjee, and the minister of state of the same department, Mr … Continue reading →

Summit Daily News, CO Fall River — On Sunday, the Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery hosted the opening reception for The ninth Annual Azorean Traditional Nativity Exhibit. The Fall River Symphony Orchestra followed the reception with its annual Christmas Pops Concert and … Continue reading →

Hartford Courant, United States By Jeanne Leblanc Do you have a collection of vacation souvenirs trinkets you pick up when you travel? Refrigerator magnets? T-shirts? Snow globes?

Fibre2fashion.com, India The ministry of Unity, Culture, Arts and heritage recently organised the four day State Batik and Weaving Promotion 2008, where the actual process of creating handicrafts was displayed to visitors. The visitors were enthralled by the view of the … Continue reading →

Malaysia Star, Malaysia Story and photos by JEREMY TAN MOST people are familiar with traditional Malaysian handicraft, but few know the actual processes that go into creating these nifty works of art.

China Knowledge Online, Singapore Dec. 5, 2008 (China Knowledge) – Beijing, the capital of China, has been selling souvenirs which are left-over materials of the Bird’s Nest Olympic stadium, which has witnessed the world famous Olympics opening, closing ceremony, athletics … Continue reading →

Borneo Bulletin, Brunei Darussalam By James Kon Brunei Darussalam’s handicraft and traditional textiles have vast potential to attract the interest of the Japanese market. However, local companies must first come up with the winning design in order to penetrate into … Continue reading →

KanglaOnline, India The Imphal Free Press Imphal, Dec 4: In what could be considered as a big morale boost to the handicraft industry of Manipur, Tharado Thongruang, Counsellor (commercial) Royal Thai Embassy on Thursday stated that Manipur handicrafts production and … Continue reading →

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, IA Loras hosts a sale with products from artisan groups in 38 developing countries By MARY NEVANS-PEDERSON TH staff writer Shoppers examined lacquered river rocks with delicate paintings of fish from Vietnam, red leather, cat-shaped purses from … Continue reading →