STORY: These silk lamp shades are made from silkworm cocoons, using a process that ensures the silkworms are not harmed These women meticulously remove the silkworms from their cocoons using their ...

The harvest for Uzbekistan’s perhaps most famous export, silkworm cocoons, has begun in earnest and with the usual concern for rights violations that the ancient industry brings with it. Silkworm ...

As has always happened at the end of every May, Nasiba Barkasheva’s home burst with frenetic activity as the silkworm cocoon harvest reached its conclusion. Neighbors, friends and relatives in Boyovul ...

Hannes Schniepp and Sean Koebley talk about silk as being either alive or dead. They aren’t talking about the silk of scarves and dresses. The finest garment-quality silks are made gently, by boiling ...

"In this case, we take advantage of what nature provides." Though silk thread and fabric are expensive, the material's cost comes mainly from the labor-intensive process of unraveling the thread from ...

The French company Sericyne won’t detail how it gets worms to weave specific shapes, but its online boutique sells the results. By Felicia Craddock MONOBLET, France — On a clear day in early fall, ...