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 auto… ...

Before everything was made by machine, we used to have people who could create things by hand. Guess what? We still do!

Iban weaving shuttle from Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. @ Leicester Arts and Museums Service, Leicester City Council Hide image caption ...

WITH GALLERY: A GIANT weaving shuttle this morning took its position as the centrepiece for Nelson's new £2.1million town centre improvements.

Weaving is one of the oldest crafts in the world, and was also among the first to be automated: the Industrial Revolution was in large part driven by developments in loom technology. [Roger de Mees… ...