Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of factory workers using sewing machines in a garment factory, Rajasthan, India, 2011.

Laurent Geslin / Fulani woman sewing clothes to sell in the market, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Vet stitching up a Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia) cross Feral cat (Felis catus) hybrid following neutering, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, December.

Eric Baccega / Nenet woman sewing coat (malitsa) made with reindeer skin and fur, inside tent with pet dog. Yar-Sale district. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia. April 2016.

Eric Baccega / Two generations of Nenet women, an older woman and teenage girl, sewing and wearing traditional coats made of reindeer skin. Yar-Sale district, Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia. April 2016.

Eric Baccega / Two generations of Nenet women, an older woman and teeage girl, sewing and wearing traditional coat made with reindeer skin. Yar-Sale district, Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia. April 2016.

Eric Baccega / Nenet children, two boys and a teenage girl, watching laptop inside tent. The girl is sewing reindeer skin. Yar-Sale district. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia. April 2016.

Pete Oxford / Elderly Konyak Naga woman in traditional dress. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Elderly Konyak Naga woman with traditional jewelry. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Elderly Konyak Naga woman in traditional dress. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Romain Pizzi of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland sewing up small incision made in an anaesthetised female Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) from an escaped population on the Otter Ri...

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Romain Pizzi of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland sewing up small incision in anaesthetised Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) from an escaped population on the Otter River. Incision a...

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Romain Pizzi of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland sewing up small incision in anaesthetised Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) from an escaped population on the Otter River. Incision a...

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Romain Pizzi of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland sewing up small incision in anaesthetised Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) from an escaped population on the Otter River. Incision a...

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Romain Pizzi of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland sewing up small incision in anaesthetised Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) from an escaped population on the Otter River. Incision a...

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Neolithic stone beads, Niamey, Niger, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Neolithic stone beads, Niamey, Niger, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Neolithic stone beads, Niamey, Niger, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Jewellery including beads, conus shells and meteorites. Atar market, Mauritania, 2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Jewellery including beads, conus shells and meteorites. Atar market, Mauritania, 2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Jewellery including beads, conus shells and meteorites. Atar market, Mauritania, 2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Ancient terracotta Bambara head carving and amber beaded necklace. Mali, 2005-2006.

Gavin Hellier / Factory workers using sewing machines in a garment factory, Rajasthan, India, 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Man sewing colourful loom woven fabric at Artisan Centre, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.

Laurent Geslin / Fulani man with sewing machine, making traditional costumes to sell at market, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Pat Tuson / Three people sitting around a vintage sewing machine on a table outdoors. A label on the front says 'DIY Mending and Styling!' Hackney City Farm, London, England UK, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, using a sewing machine on the floor of her family's log cabin, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Yalena, an elderly Selkup woman, sewing a pair of traditional reindeer skin boots, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Yupik Eskimo woman sewing at her home in new Chaplino. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nyaka, an elderly Nenets woman, using reindeer sinew to sew traditional clothing inside her family's reindeer skin tent. Tambey tundra, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia. March 2011

Toby Roxburgh / Sailmaker sewing panels together for a new mainsail, Bristol, England, May 2010. Model released.

Toby Roxburgh / Sailmaker sewing panels together for a new mainsail, Bristol, England, May 2010. Model released.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets women sewing Reindeer / Caribou skin tent at summer camp in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets women sewing Reindeer / Caribou skin tent at summer camp in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Detail of elaborate sewing on hem of Nenets woman's Reindeer skin Yagushka (coat). Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1996.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Elderly Even woman sewing tent at camp near Khailino. Koryakia, Kamchatka, Siberia, Russia, 1999.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit woman sewing wet seal skins onto wooden kayak frame. Qeqertat, Thule, Northwest Greenland, 1977.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit women sewing wet seal skins onto kayak frame. Qeqertat, Northwest Greenland, 1977.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ulu (traditional Inuit woman's knife), used for scraping skins, sewing & cutting meat. Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

David Woodfall / Woman embroidering cloth, part of a craft scheme to alleviate rural poverty, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, October 2008

Juergen Freund / Richard Fitzpatrick sewing up a Grey reef shark {Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos} after inserting transmitter into its belly, as part of the Coral Reef census, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, April 2...

Juergen Freund / Richard Fitzpatrick sewing up a Grey reef shark {Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos} after inserting transmitter into its belly, as part of the Coral Reef census, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, April 2...

Patricio Robles Gil / Man using sewing machine, Kathmandu, Nepal, December 2007

Sue Flood / Inuit woman chewing on animal skin to soften it prior to sewing, Qappik, Arctic Bay, Nunavut, June 2002

Bernard Castelein / Assamese fisherman sewing fishing nets in village near Dibru river, Tinsukia, Assam, India March 2009

Konstantin Mikhailov / Woman dressed up in traditional costume, sewing embroidery, in wooden museum on Kizhi Island, Lake Onega, Karelia, N Russia, September 2007.

Eric Baccega / Men sewing clothes, small jobs at the refugee camp Mugunga 1, west of Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, March 2009

Bernard Castelein / Tailor and woman with sewing machine in street market of Sombare, West Sikkim, India October 2007

Bernard Castelein / Tailor with sewing maching in the street market of Sombare, West Sikkim, India October 2007

Pete Oxford / Tailor at work in Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, India, 2006

Julia Bayne / Tailor at sewing machine, Thiolo, Malawi, Southern Africa

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} 6-week, Blue and cream kittens with Lilac tortoiseshell mother, playing in sewing basket

Michael Pitts / Local woman sewing mola arm decorations, San Blas Islands, Panama

Michael Pitts / Local woman wearing mola arm decorations, San Blas Islands, Panama

Nick Upton / Aborigines from Lukai tribe sewing traditional butterfly designs, Taiwan

Onne van der Wal / Detail of a wooden block and lines of a traditional wooden boat.

Rick Tomlinson / Sail repairs on "Team EF", Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997-1998.

Rick Tomlinson / Sail repairs on "Team EF", Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997-1998.

Rick Tomlinson / Sailmaker and crew on "The Card". Jim Close, repairs the huge sails down below, 1989-90. ^^^ The boat took part in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1989-90.

Rick Tomlinson / Sailmaker and crew on "The Card", Jim Close, repairs the huge sails down below. Whitbread Round the World Race, 1989-90.

Onne van der Wal / Sail making, North Sails.

Onne van der Wal / Robbie Doyle of Doyle sails helping with sail repairs aboard the J-Class "Velsheda" during Antigua Classics regatta, Antigua, Caribbean.

Roberto Rinaldi / Woman using old-fashioned manual sewing machine, Puerto Princesa, Philippines. 2001

Onne van der Wal / A crew member hand stitching the sails of a superyacht on the dockside during Antigua Classics regatta, Antigua, Caribbean.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Two women sitting on bench sewing with coloured wool on Barkhor kora, pilgrimage circuit in old centre of Lhasa. Lhasa, Tibet, China.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Panerak, an Inuit woman chewing on a piece of bearded sealskin to soften it before sewing to make the soles for a pair of Kamik boots, with her two children inside a tent at a Spring hunting camp, Nug...

Juergen Freund / Green tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) workers on leaf; nests are made by stitching many leaves together. Queensland, Australia.

Erwan Quéméré / Man smoking a cigarette and repairing fishing nets near Porto in the El Douro region of Portugal.