A showLOOM of Mac & Magic - Loom Design
A collection of asian loom types with a main focus on Austroasiatic & Austronesian loin looms.
At the end the Eastasian loin loom cultures are a very high state of art, leading back to the very beginning of the question: What was first? The loom or architecture? Generally western fast mind declared the answer pretty simple: Settlement and agriculture led to the development of looms and weaving techniques. East Asian and especially the Austronesians reflect another statement. Not just their houses, but the whole space and even their reception of their world is woven by themselves and connects, includes within their vivid culture the ancestors. Where on the world is the the very first loom of 5000 years ago functioning still in daily order? The Empire looms back.
Art | Textile Design, Weaving Design
Fareast: Japan, China, Souheast Asia, Austronesia
SAPEIDO 茶俳道 | Teahouse culture, Thai Sala, Clay Garden Koshôken (幸象軒) & Theory of Architecture