When Martina Celerin was four years old, her family packed six suitcases of belongings into their small German car and headed to Austria from their hometown in Prague, Czechoslovakia. “That was in ...

At first glance it looks like these shoes are shod with two strategically shaped Top Ramen bricks. Delicious, perhaps, but c’mon—too crunchy for underfoot! The flexible soles were actually made with a ...

Sozni weaving requires hard work and patience as each shawl takes two to three years to complete. The master craftsman must sit with the shawl for six hours every day to create the colorful motifs ...

“Common Threads: Weaving Stories Across Time,” which runs through Jan. 13 at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, features a diverse collection of textile-inspired artworks of different mediums, ...

TROY — If Shirley Blankenship had been born around the 1820s, she would have been in her element. Blankenship has always appreciated the pioneer way of doing things. So, it was natural that the ...