The film provides an informative overview of the weaving process, highlighting the interlocking of warp and weft threads to create fabric. It explains the use of various looms, such as the backstrap ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Backstrap loom in 8 parts: warp beam, ...

Join artist Travis Meinolf for a series of participatory, site-based weaving workshops using backstrap looms that physically connect the weaver to the new BAMPFA building. “The backstrap loom is a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Mangali Rai sat before a wooden loom probably a century old and played the antique instrument like a harp. As her feet pumped slender pedals, her fingers danced across taut strands ...

Tracy Jackson of Salem offered a presentation regarding using a Viking loom during Saturday’s meeting of the East Ohio Handweavers Guild at Leetonia Public Library. Also known as a warp-weighted loom, ...

Portions of back strap looms built for Akoyikoyi School. (HABELE FOUNDATION)[/caption] An innovative charter school is re-introducing old cultural skills to students on Weno, capital of the most ...

EUREKA >> The Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild will hold its November program Thursday evening at 6:45 p.m. in the Bay Room of the Wharfinger Building, 1 Marina Way in Eureka. The guest ...

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Two-year-old Idiyanale Padrigan watches fourth-generation Filipina weaver, Evelynda Otong, as she works at her backstrap loom. She’s crafting another square to join the fabrics scattered from the ...

Mizoram [India] Mar 20 (ANI): Loin loom or backstrap loom is the main source of income for the people of Mizoram, especially women. ‘Puan’ which means cloth, is the traditional clothing of the native ...