Ramses died in 1974, unfortunately, but his wife Sophie and daughters Yoanna and Suzanne have continued the work. Children in Wissa Wassef's Harranian studio initially ranged in age from six to eight and they were exposed to no adult work. A majority of tapestry work in Egypt is done on primitive, upright frame looms, each with a single stationary heddle bar. Two-harness treadle looms are used by weavers in some places. Yarns are interlaced with the fingers and pressed into place, sometimes with a small comb-like tool.
Miniature pieces woven of fine cotton on conventional treadle looms are still more time consuming.
From two to six months may be spent on a single small cotton weaving. Weavers have complete control over their own products, large or small and in the studios are paid for even their earliest, most rudimentary pieces. Individuals who have continued weaving since childhood are now affluent members of their communities, since their large, panoramic tapestries command substantial prices. Many of the finest adult artists who began weaving as children in the Wissa Wassef studios have left those studios to work independently at home. Exciting, innovative work is flourishing in many places.