Hand weaving remains a traditional craft using various looms like handlooms, frame looms, and back strap looms. Looms, ranging from simple to complex, hold warp threads under tension for weaving.

Weaving technology involves primary motions (shedding, picking, beat up), secondary motions (take up, let off), and auxiliary motions (warp and weft stop). Modern looms use microprocessor controls for ...

The seemingly humble flying-shuttle loom, originally built to make the weaving of wide cloth faster and easier, stood at the threshold between the largely handcrafted world of the past and the ...

Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has built a large loom in a university building in Eindhoven that was used to create a nine-metre-tall 3D-woven structure, celebrating the craft and creative potential ...