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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye.

Thai weaving

The art of making silk originated in northeastern Thailand, where cloth weaving is a traditional craft. The people from northeast rear their own silkworms, spin and dye the yarn to make bolts of silk which are sold world over. The company founded by Jim Thompson near the northeastern town of Pak Thong Chai is the largest hand weaving facility in the world.

Basket weaving in America

Basket weaving in America; the practice itself goes back much further. In fact, according to some historians, some of the earliest archaeological finds of basket weaving was in ancient Egypt some 12,000 years ago. Other baskets were found in the middle-eastern section of the world, estimated to be over 7,000 years old. But because many baskets were made of perishable material, like leaves and roots, in particular, it can’t be known for certain when basket weaving originated.

Vedic age Weaving

In Vedic age (1500 B.C. to 700 B.C.) too a lot of advancement in handicrafts had taken place. There is reference of pottery making, weaving wood crafting etc in the Vedas. Rig Veda especially mentions about pottery made from clay, wood and metal. Weaving and weavers also find the reference in these holy texts. In the later Vedic period the principal development was the discovery of iron. This led to the manufacture of iron weapons on mass scale. Craftsmen got a huge exposure and the crafts traditions started to be entrenched in the social structure.

Weaving a photography

For more dramatic results from your photographs, trying weaving two copies of the same photograph together. This technique creates a three-dimensional artist look. This technique would look great on a scrapbook for a graduating art. To preserve the rectangular shape of the photographs, start your weaving in the center of the piece and work outwards.

CONCLUSION

There are basic weaving principles that are universal, used to make all textiles. On top of these are basic ways to finish a rug, methods of making a fringe around the edges. Loop fringes are common on Hamadan rugs. Kilim fringes, which are formed by weaving together warp and weft strands, are generally only found on kilim rugs, and net fringes are especially common on flatweaves.