Deb Brandon is the author of “Threads Around the World” published in January 2019. She is a weaver, respected textile artist and enthusiast, and writer. She’s been an active volunteer with Weave a Real Peace (WARP), including serving multiple terms as a board member as well as writing the long-running “Textile Techniques from Around the World” column for the WARP newsletter.
Ethnic textile traditions are the original sustainable industry, literally forming the fabric of humanity across all cultures—but many are endangered; some are already extinct.