horizontal threads over vertical ones, hasn’t changed much since the invention of the loom. What’s new is the way some textile designers are changing the face of fabric: They are rethinking the way ...

Photographs taken by Gavin Ashworth during the summer of 1987 in several villages in Mali and Cote d'Ivoire. The images detail all phases of strip weaving, from the spinning of yarn to the assemblage ...

People have been using flat, ribbonlike materials, such as reed strips, to make woven baskets for thousands of years. This weaving method has reemerged as a technique for engineers to create textile ...