Handicrafts World News

Tempo Interaktif
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The exhibition of Indonesian Handicraft Products will start today and continue until March 22 at the Jakarta Convention Center.

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Fibre2fashion.com
Speaking at the opening of the Sabah Kota Kinabalu Handicraft Traders Association annual meeting, the Mayor of Kota Kinabalu, Mr Ibrahim said that plans are afoot to build a five-star type handicrafts centre in the city.
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Viet Nam News
HA NOI — The number of tourists visiting traditional handicraft villages has decreased sharply since Viet Nam was hit by the global economic recession.

Van Phuc Village in the west of Ha Noi, one of the country’s most famous traditional silk villages, is suffering from a lack of visitors.

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The Swazi Observer
By Teetee Zwane
SHISELWENI region handicraft groups will today have an exhibition at Nhlangano Park.
The exhibition, expected to begin at 9 a.m, will be on different handicraft products from the whole region and it has been made possible by the ministry of commerce, industry and trade’s handicraft section as well as other sections that deal with small businesses such as the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Unit.

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phillyBurbs.com
I am not one to blog about luxury pet items all the time because more often than not, I think they are kind of a waste of money. But when I saw the amazing pendants offered by Accomplice Designs, I simply had to share them with you.

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Without Breast Cancer

MSNBC
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Carats Direct has entered into a unique partnership with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF). Carats Direct will donate profits from a series of eight limited edition pins, designed in the shape of a breast cancer ribbon that features a rare pink diamond, to the CBCF in honour of the foundation’s ‘2020: Future Without Breast Cancer’ initiative.

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Tehran Times
Tehran Times Art Desk

TEHRAN — The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance plans to make films and animations on Iranian handicraft artists.

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Fibre2fashion.com
A handicrafts exhibition ‘Visithru’, which will begin from March 12-15, has been organised by the National Crafts Council, Sri Lanka, and will feature handicraft products made by professional handicraft artisans from across the country.
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Lanka Times
Handicrafts Exhibition “Visithru” of 14 professional handicraft artistes organized by the National Crafts Council will be held at Lionel Wendt Gallery commencing March 12 to 15. Some rare creations of hereditary handicraft artistes will be on display and these artistes representing different provinces will showcase different handcrafts inherent to each province, the National Crafts Council said.

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Columbus Dispatch
New generation of do-it-yourselfers churns out goods
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Inside a cotton-candy-colored shop, where crocheted cupcakes hang in the windows and indie-rock tunes float through the air, seven women sat with sewing needles.

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