Silk fabric scraps, seemingly of no use, are put together to create vibrant artworks imbued with Vietnamese culture through the skilful hands and creativity of people with disabilities. Silk fabric ...

Dong Ho and Hang Trong's folk paintings, collaged from silk fabric scraps, bring a new unique beauty. Even more surprising is that these pieces are created by people with disabilities. Dong Ho and ...

Use your fabric scraps to create a colorful and lightweight bowl. To start, cover the outside of a bowl with aluminum foil or plastic wrap so that the fabric will release from the bowl when dry. This ...

In Nigeria, a young woman is using fabric remnants to create art. Besides making something beautiful, by recycling unneeded cloth she rescues it from the incinerators or landfills surrounding Lagos.

Bertha Shum thought she had struck “waste gold” when she stumbled upon Sewing Paradise, a fabric studio in the Kowloon district of Sham Shui Po. The studio catered to the Hong Kong market, supplying ...

Longtime readers of this column may remember the reader who wanted to know where she could donate her fabric scraps. I offered details on a small organization in Texas that turns new fabric scraps ...

While most artists create masterpieces with paint and brushes, 66-year-old Khalidah Asri crafts stunning works of art using thread and textures of fabric scraps from second-hand clothing. “I’ve always ...

When Christina Kim started her label Dosa in the mid-’80s, words like upcycling, artisanal, and sustainable weren’t part of the fashion vernacular. Now, designers (and start-ups, beauty brands, etc.) ...