Published in the December issue of The Burlington Magazine, the study noted that the silk used for Charlemagne’s burial ...

The broad-silk weavers called the strike on 25 February as a way of blocking an increase in loom assignments from two to four. As skilled workers, broad-silk weavers had fought since the 1880s for ...

A silk weaver from Hampshire has won the first ever Fashion Textile Maker of the Year Award. Shannon Bye, who works as the heritage weaving manager at Whitchurch Silk Mill, was given the accolade by ...

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has developed transgenic silkworms to produce spider silk in commercial quantities.

There are a few contenders for the strongest spider silk among which the golden silk orb-weaver gets the most attention, but the black widow’s webbing is nearly as strong, and [Justin] is happy ...

Banarasi silk saris flourished in the city of Varanasi in India in the 16th century. Weavers like Mohammad Afzal Ansari learned the craft from older generations. Saris are made by weaving silk on ...