Once the blue flowers of the flax crop carpeted the countryside of Scotland. Now the flowers are blooming once again in a celebration of the linen industry that supported thousands of livelihoods for ...

Visitors can learn the ancient Maori art of flax weaving at an event in Sandhurst Library tomorrow. The library in Broadway is hosting the demonstration of the craft which uses flax plant leaves to ...

Raewyn Hildreth learned the techniques of raranga (weaving) from Te Wananga o Aotearoa, and graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Māori Visual Art.SUPPLIED / Hauraki-Herald Flax grown, harvested, dyed, ...

For generations, the Mong ethnic minority group in the Dong Van Karst Plateau, northern Ha Giang province, has woven threads made of flax plant into colourful fabrics. For generations, the Mong ethnic ...

Rene Orchiston of Gisborne started a harakeke (flax) collection in the 1950s, after observing that many fine craftswomen in her area were using inferior material for their weaving. There was an ...

Six prisoners at Whanganui Prison have created taonga that will be handed down through their whānau. What started as a course for two hours a week for three months to learn raranga (traditional ...