The thread of history: Be thankful that textiles have changed the fabric of living Historically, the manufacturing of cloth was laborious, making is scarce and precious. Today's abundance is due ...

Tall, white and puffy, the giant inflatable sails designed by tire manufacturer Michelin more closely resemble the Michelin man – the company’s mascot – than a traditional cloth sail.

He knew a sailmaker who once repaired a torn spinnaker in the middle of a race, and the craftsmanship was so good the team was able to reuse the sail, despite the ferocious wind.

The historic building opened as a manufacturing hub for ship sails in 1911, and was converted into loft apartments in the late 1980s.

That cloth then makes its way back to their relatively small sail loft, a workshop sitting on the second floor of a building on Marrowstone Island. That cloth is carefully sewn together by Nahja.

While rocket fuel has provided the energy for most space travel so far, solar energy may provide the boost for spaceships in the future. Just like cloth sails harness the wind, giant reflective ...

North Cloth Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. was the latest entity to come under the North Sails Sri Lanka Group, when the factory was ceremoniously inaugurated by Rishard Badiudeen, Minister of Industry and ...

Shade sails are tested for how much ultraviolet radiation the materials transmit and for tear and tensile strengths. If the shade cloth is stretched due to incorrect installation, its UVR protection ...