Her first retrospective opens this week at the Hessel Museum at Bard College.

Muslin, popularly know as Calico, produced in Kozhikode, was once famous the world over. But the knowledge and technique of weaving the cloth died with its weavers, who once caught the attention of ...

This study investigates and discusses the thread crimp in the jacquard woven two-dimensional (2D) fabrics. The study of thread crimp is important for technologists and weavers from a practical point ...

The jacquard weave is one that never really goes out of trend When someone mentions design or interiors, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? For most of us it would be along the lines of ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osCPWMyJOj8&w=470] The Jacquard loom, invented in the early 1800s, used punched cards to manufacture relatively complex ...

The world’s leading expert on mechanical computers wasn’t [Charles Babbage]; sure, he could design stuff, but eventually you need to actually build something. We are now graced with the expertise of ...