Artisanal Metalworking and Weaving

Craftspeople engaged in traditional metalworking and weaving, highlighting skilled labor in various cultures.

Morocco, Marrakech. A metalworker in the souq in Marrakech.

Celadon pottery kiln, Chiang Mai, Thailand

India, West Bengal, Kolkata, workers

Hand weaving silk on a wooden loom in the village of Koh Oaknha Tey, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Repurposing rubber tires In the Pink City, Jaipur, Rajastan, India

A handicapped boy works on a machine at Chembur Mumbai bombay , Maharashtra , India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Woman begins to turn a lump of clay spinning on a pottery wheel into a bowl. Wheels & clay cylinders fill the potter's workshop.

shipwright uses an adze to shape a plank of hardwood while repairing a wooden sailing boat, known as mashua, at Kisingitini, a natural harbour on Pate Island. The island is the largest of the Lamu Archipelago lying in the Indian Ocean.

Romania, Transylvania, Carpathian Mountains, Viscri. Blacksmith, horse-shoeing, tools of the trade.

Carpenter working in woodshop

Fishing net mending in harbor, Essaouira, Morocco.

Silk production

Mongoli, Gobi Desert. Cooking Horses Milk to produce the spirit, Arak, in the Gobi Desert.

Woman working in a traditional silk factory. Tan Chau. Vietnam.

Woman working on an old silk loom, Chau Doc, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Turkey, Gaziantep. Blacksmiths pounding metal into a horseshoe. Editorial Use Only.

Interior of textile factory, South Africa.

HOMBRE TRABAJANDO LA SEDA EN TELAR A LA LUZ DE UNA BOMBILLA. Location: TELAR. BENARES. India.

Cigar factory in Myanmar.

Swordsmith Kanekuni Ogawa forges katana sword in Seki, Japan.

MAY 8, 2010 Bangkok, Thailand - Asian male construction labour use cutting wheel to cut granite stone tile at building construction site with no safety equipment

Pottery making in Barishal, Bangladesh

Construction worker mixing concrete or grout with a hand mixer

THAILAND PHRAE SA IAP DORF REISSCHNAPSFABRIK Workers at Rice Spirits Factory Ban Kruathong in Sa-iap Village in Province of Phrae in North Thailand. Thailand, Phrae, November, 25, 2024. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSxFLUEELERx 23253659

Fisherman repairing his net Fisherman repairing his net, Port of Ciutadella. Minorca. Biosphere Reserve. Balearic Islands. Spain. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21692592

Workers making firecrackers at a workshop for upcoming Diwali or Dipawali festival, on October 25, 2021 in Barpeta, Assam, India. Traditional firework industry of Barpeta had been worst hit for ban on bursting firecrackers due to COVID-19 pandemic, this year they are hoping for good business. Diwali is a festival of lights celebrated every year in India.

Man soldering material

Workers on a construction site shipbreaking Bangladesh

Small blacksmith's workshop in the Thar Desert, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Man emptying and cleaning the grain grinding wheel in the village of Esna, Egypt.

African Master woodcarver at work Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania. 27 March 2018. Master woodcarver at work. Wood shavings, gouges and chisels on the workbench. Close up. Copyright: xZoonar.com/OlenaxHuhnx 20726185

Greek Islands, Crete, Irakleion, Fisherman Mending Nets at Harbour

Woman weaving on handloom Assam India NOMR Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Pottery - skilled wet hands of potter shaping the clay on potter wheel. Pot, vase throwing. Manufacturing traditional handicraft Indian bowl, jar, pot, jug. Shilpagram, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Indian potter hands at work, Shilpagram, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Labor is tying steel for construction site.

Seam Reap Province, Cocoons, Craft Industry, Silk work, Silkworms breeding, Cambodia, Asia

Coal remains the major source of energy in India supplying 59% of the countrys aggregate needs. Men, who mine the resources for this energy, work and live in deplorable conditions, with thin access to the development they help build. Miners continue to toil in coal mines, fighting for their daily survival against all odds and tough working conditions. Bardhaman, Raniganj, West Bengal, India.

Nepal girl washes at pump

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 16 January 2019: View of a potter arranging earthen pots, their warm terracotta hues contrasting with the cool tones of the surrounding workshop.

Oh Bo Pottery Shed, Twante, near Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Blacksmith working, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India, Asia India Copyright: xDuttagupta/DinodiaxPhotox -

Black lute maker in workshop

Silk weaver at his loom in his house, weaving sought after red and gold Kanchipuram silk sari, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

WASHINGTON, DC, USA - Joseph Sraphin Emile, an artisan-farmer from Cazal, Haiti, uses banana plant to create a mat, during the 2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

A man making Athangudi kannadi kal, Process of making tile in Athangudi, Chettinad, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia. Cottage Industry Small scale industry, Asia

A man irons shirts with an antique iron at Dhobi Khana Public Laundry, Fort Kochi, Cochin, Kerala, India.

Manufacture of sabres and daggers, knife sharpener in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Men working in fabric factory in Mandalay, Myanmar.

A woman using stone grinding wheel to split mustard seed before putting in the oil pressing mill ; Rajasthan ; India

Woman weaving on handloom Assam India NOMR Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Man making Athangudi tiles which are not ceramic quite heavy and costly, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Woman working at a loom in a weaving factory, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India CAP/MEL MEL/ Copyright: xMelxLonghurst/CapitalxPicturesx

Tasbapauni, Nicaragua; Man pouring cement from bucket

Weaving loom with Berber carpet, Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco, Africa

Kora workshop at Keur Moussa abbey, Keur Moussa, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Indian potter at work: throwing the potter's wheel and shaping ceramic vessel and clay ware: pot, jar in pottery workshop. Experienced master. Handwork craft from Shilpagram, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Ethnic carpenter making wooden detail on old woodworking machine at workplace on blurred background

Coppersmith working on bowl, Marrakesh Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Fishermen community builds boats for fishing at Colaba Fisherman s colony in Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Workshop of cutting tiles for zelliges, Pottery district, Fes, Morocco

Petrol station in Burkina Faso Petrol station for bikes in Burkina Faso Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 10891034

A female worker at Tirthamoyee Aluminum Products, an aluminum utensils factory, working on International Women's Day in Agartala. Tripura, India.

Woman with iron in weaving mill at Inle Lake, Myanmar, Asia

Nepal, Bhaktapur, Local Potter Shaping Vase On Wheel

Froka Rocco Dokic owns the mill in the Serbian Croat village of Letnica, high in the mountains of Kosovo. - May not be used in defamation towards Serbs.

weaving Banarasi saree at Varanasi Uttar Pradesh India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Xizhou market. This small Bai village is about 20 km north of Dali. China

Local blacksmiths banging with hammers on glowing piece of metal, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, Asia

Myanmar. Shan State. Inle Lake. Ko Than Hlaing silk and lotus weaving center. Woman weaving silk at a wooden loom.

Goldsmith in Munshiganshi, Bangladesh, Asia

Myanmar/Burma, Mandalay Region, Mandalay. Workers at a Mandalay workshop pound thin sheets of gold to make gold leaf in a process unchanged for centuries.

Metal worker makes repousse peice for the Buddhist Monastery of Tagong (Lhagang) - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Weaver weaving, Monpha Tribe, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Old man weaving with a handloom, Chitkul, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

People making metal pots, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Hemayetpur, Bangladesh - 04 August 2021: View of workers amidst the tannery, manipulating hides with practiced ease before the large, looming drum.

Paper and umbrella factory, Myanmar, Pindaya, Myanmar, Asia

Paper and umbrella factory, Myanmar, Pindaya, Myanmar, Asia

Asian blacksmith working in metal shop

Father and son working together in a sawmill. Teamwork and collaboration are essential to achieve production and quality objectives in the company

Automatic fabric screen printing machine in a garment industry, Tiruppur Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Man preparing puffed rice, confectionary factory, Vinh Long, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia

Factory for the manufacture of jewelery and decoration from shells and partially protected species of coral, Vung Tao, Vietnam, Asia

Ecuador, Imbabura Province, Otavalo, Carabuela. Weaver Jose Carlos de la Torre spinning and weaving yarn using centuries' old techniques of carding, backstrap loom weaving with natural sheep wool, and a final combing with a natural thorny plant. (MR)

Diamond polishing workshop in a village near Dediapada in Narmada district, Gujarat, India.

FSC certified wood Sawmill Rio Branco Brazil Amazon

Weaving mill, women weaving traditional fabrics, Thimphu, Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan, South Asia, Asia

Man preparing puffed rice sweets, confectionary factory, Vinh Long, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

woman working in factory, india Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Keraniganj, Bangladesh - 11 February 2023: View of a man with a cigarette in his mouth grinding metal with sparks flying in a gritty, industrial scene.

Grinding Cassava Macushi people Yupukari village Savannah, Rupununi, Guyana.

Artisans chiselling bronze sculpture statue at Swamimalai, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Traditional bamboo and hemp mat factory. Woman at work. Tan Chau. Vietnam.

traditional silk making, breeding silkworms, cottage crafts, Nanping village, Huangshan, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

Newly picked cotton and hemp rope on sale at market in Islamabad, Pakistan

BARPETA, INDIA, NOVEMBER 7: Workers making firecrackers at a workshop for upcoming Diwali or Dipawali festival on November 7, 2023. in Barpeta, India. Diwali is a festival of lights, often involving fireworks, celebrated every year in India. Barpeta village of lower Assam is famous for making handmade traditional firecrackers

Cigar factory in Myanmar.

Worker sat on the floor using a lathe in Turkey 27 June 2008

Myanmar. Bagan. Ox-pulled mill grinds peanuts into oil and peanut cake for cattle feed.

Man peeling palm tree with blade, Majorca, Spain. 09/16/2013

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