Fishnet weaving is more than a craft in African coastal communities, it's a heartbeat. Practicality dances with cultural rhythm in every thread. Passed down like DNA, each community's style is a ...
In addition to creating stunning textiles, neurodivergent fiber artist Fiona Simpson uses weaving as a way to calm her mind. 'I felt scattered and restless in my thoughts,' she said. 'Weaving has ...
Weaving needles can be blunt or bent. Weaving shuttle – A weaving shuttle is used more on large weaves or where there is a ...
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 ...
Simpson threaded her loom using a boat shuttle and shared how the repetitive art form has changed her life. “Weaving is the one thing, other than sitting down and meditating, that turns my ...