Local or regional organizations of weavers, often called guilds.For quicker placement in the directory please follow these Submission Tips:
Title: Name of Business or Organization
Description: This describes the website and should note distinguishing features found on the site.
Please submit sites of individuals who focus on handweaving as their primary art. Other related textile crafts/arts can be included on the site but as an adjunct to handweaving.Exploration and promotion of handweaving by individuals exploring their art.
Please do not list sites which primarily show items for sale.Tapestry is a specific textile construction: "a weft-faced plain weave with discontinuous weft patterning." Tapestry designs are formed by different colored (weft) yarns, which completely cover the foundation (warp) yarns. Other techniques, variations and materials are also combined by some artists to create contemporary tapestries. This category is for sites about handwoven tapestry, techniques, history and care, and about the artists who design and weave them.If the site primarily sells handwoven tapestries by an individual craftsperson, please submit it to Shopping/Crafts/Fiber_Arts/Hand_Weaving/.
Companies that buy and resell handcrafted household items should submit their sites to Shopping/Home_and_Garden/Accessories/Handcrafted/.
Companies selling wallhangings produced on Jacquard looms or other structures that are not weft-faced plain-weave, please submit to: Shopping/Home_and_Garden/Soft_Furnishings/Tapestries/
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