Since textile is one of the major industries in Mauritius, it is something easily found while shopping. In fact, the island is well known for textile products. Among textile, you will also find tailor made wears, African drums, African sculptures, arts and hand made products. Jewelry is also very popular […]
Visual Graphic Arts
On a recent trip to Assisi, Italy – the charming medieval hill town where Saint Francis was born – I noticed local women embroidering in a style that was new to me. They were only embroidering the background and not the motifs. Whereas, in the needlework I had learned, I […]
Historical review in textile printing Textile printing is a method by which fabrics are printed in various colors, arts and designs. It is a very old art developed and created on fabrics in Egypt during 5000 B.C. Fabrics also found printed in Greek during 4th century. B.C, also it is […]
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein Imagination and creativity are two interrelated terms, the former leads to the latter. The etymological root of the word “creativity” in English and most other European languages comes from the Latin creatus, which means “to […]