Engineers have developed silk materials that can wrinkle into highly detailed patterns -- including words, textures and images as intricate as a QR code or a fingerprint. The patterns are stable, but ...

When Chinese archaeologists first unearthed a delicate silk textile adorned with swirling "Cheng Yun Xiu" (cloud-riding) embroidery from Mawangdui, an ancient Chinese tomb complex from the Western Han ...

CHANGSHA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese experts have discovered for the first time multiple instances of overpainting on the T-shaped painting on silk from the tomb of Lady Xin Zhui, a 2,200-year-old ...

This painting on a wooden panel shows scenes from the Central Asian story of the Silk Princess. According to this legend, a Chinese princess smuggled the secret of how to make silk out of China and ...

"Hongbin silk painting is a craftsmanship using cotton to express art," said Yuan Hongbin, an inheritor of the age-old craft who has been working in this industry for nearly 40 years. Hongbin silk ...

Neil MacGregor's history of humanity as told through objects travels the Silk Road to Western China and the story of silk. Show more Throughout this week, Neil MacGregor has been exploring the world ...

Nature is rich in structure, which defines the properties not only of the tiniest pieces of matter, but of galaxies and the universe itself. That structure explains both the sound of music, and what ...

Using a new mathematical methodology, researchers at MIT have created a scientifically rigorous analogy that shows the similarities between the physical structure of spider silk and the sonic ...

Viracon has expanded its Viraspan Design standard silk-screen ceramic frit patterns from three designs to 14. Patterns include eight line schemes and six designs that incorpoate dots and holes. The ...

ARCATA — Silk paintings by Amanita Mollier are on display this month at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center on South G Street. Mollier hand paints on silk fabric with brushes, using traditional silk ...

Mid-Summer, a painting on display in the exhibition. A painting exhibition featuring the ancient Silk Road kicked off in Jiangmen, Guangdong province, on Saturday. Entitled "Restart the Silk Road: One ...

Using a new mathematical methodology, researchers have created a scientifically rigorous analogy showing the similarities between the physical structure of spider silk and the sonic structure of a ...