People have been weaving silk into fabric for at least 5,000 years ... with only right gloves,” Moini says. “Only the right hand goes into the right glove and gets caught, and the left ...

This was also a time when there was a renewed interest, particularly among women artists, in hand weaving and this revival worked its way into contemporary jewellery. An example of how hand ...

However, it’s the Silk Weaving Workshop that physically transports ... Workers still unravel the cocoons by hand, making the manufacture as delicate as it was 1,000 years ago.