Textiles
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ATASDA internet promotion of Australian Textile Arts and Surface Design techniques. Learn of creative arts ideas between fibre crafts people artists using dyes pigments manipulative techniques for fibre textile and fabric decoration
http://www.atasda.org.au/
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The Museum believes that design shapes our objects, environments, and communications, making them more desirable, functional, and accessible. The Museum celebrates the nature of design and explores its impact on the quality of our lives.
http://www.cooperhewitt.org/
The world of textiles and fiber arts is as varied as the people who find creative arts interesting. They range from tapestry artists to home knitters, but all experience the the special pleasure of working with such a friendly substance --fiber. - dewey decimal 746
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/fiber_arts
PUCHKA Perú Fair Trade Textiles/Folk Art/Market Tours: 22 days in enchanting Perú featuring hands on workshops with tapestry weavers, traditional weavers, spinners, embroiderers, braiders and gourd engravers. Includes Machu Picchu, Museums, Markets and More....
http://www.puchkaperu.com/
Rug Hooking Magazine's website features how-to articles and patterns, a gallery of full-color rugs, and links to related sites.
http://www.rughookingonline.com/
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http://www.knitter.spb.ru/
Dedicated to bringing the arts and the artisans of Africa online. Craftspeople, product designers and shops. Artisan web pages, retailers offering a wide selection of traditional and contemporary artifacts, arts and clothing.
http://www.africancrafts.com/
The Dalton Textile Tours Home Page, gateway to information on up and coming tours to China to discover the secrets of Chinese Embroidery. Pictures and information on previous tours is provided.
http://www.daltontours.com/
FiberLink: Connecting Fiber Enthusiasts with the Web and Each Other. Information and resources for knitters, spinsters, weavers, and other fiber artists.
http://www.fibergypsy.com/
Historic site and museum interprets the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, Oregon's textile industry, and the Methodist Missionary pioneers who helped shape the State of Oregon and the city of Salem. One of Oregon's finest historical museums, Mission Mill welcomes visitors year round for museum tours, textile classes, children's activities, special events and more. A great place to experience Oregon history!
http://www.missionmill.org/
EarthLink is the number-one rated Internet service provider, as well as the largest independent ISP. With local dial-up access from over 1,300 locations nationwide, toll-free 24-hour technical support, email, free webspace, and other member benefits, EarthLink is the Internet's best value. EarthLink also offers many high-speed access choices and affordable Web hosting packages.
http://together.net/\\%7Ekbruce/kbbspin.html
Table of contents for Silk Painters Guild for fine artists web site. Painting on Silk. seiden auf malerei, peinture sur soie, Contemporary artists. Landscape, portraits, floral, still life, figurative, abstract, representational, aquatic, ancient, exquisite
http://www.silkpaintersguild.homestead.com/
The John C. Campbell Folk School, located in Brasstown, NC, offers a variety of classes, courses and lessons teaching time-honored arts and crafts, music, dance, gardening, nature studies, cooking and much more in the mountains of North Carolina
http://www.folkschool.org/
Maine Fiberarts promotes the enjoymwnt and quality of Maine fiber work. Attend the State of Fiber: 2004 - a yearlong series of events and exhibits celebrating Maine fiber.
http://www.mainefiberarts.org/
Women in Textile Art Organization, specializing in promoting appraised textile arts by vanguard artists.
http://www.wta-online.org/
A culture of people living today near the city of Cuzco, Peru. It was the capital of the Inca empire and is close to Machu Picchu. The site will help preserve and celebrate the textiles of the Andes and assist their weavers. The art of weaving is important to modern Inca families as it was to their ancestors. Every traditional family in Peru contains at least one weaver.
http://www.incas.org/
Fibre Arts Festival every August in Gibsons Landing, British
Columbia, Canada. Just a forty-minute ferry ride from Vancouver BC. Workshops, displays, crafters,
merchants, guilds, and more.
http://www.gibsonslandingfibrearts.com/
Textile Conservation Services provides a complete service for the care, restoration, and presentation of a wide variety of antique and contemporary textile arts. Julia Brennan, the owner, has served museums, galleries, private institutions and collectors since 1990 and collaborates with other professionals to meet the specific needs of each client.
http://www.caringfortextiles.com/
murml is een ontwerpatelier waar textielprodukten en accessoires handmatig worden vervaardigd; hierdoor blijft de oplage klein en exclusiviteit gewaarborgd.
http://www.murml.nl/
serving the fiber arts and crafts community
http://hem.bredband.net/ronpar/
Computer Textile Design Group is an association of textile artists and people who have an interest in using computers in the design of all types of textiles.
http://www.ctdg.co.uk/
The Fabric Museum showcases exhibits of fabric art, design and history
http://www.fabricmuseum.org/
All Fiber Arts, the new site for Weaving & Spinning (formerly Weaving/Spinning at About.com
http://www.allfiberarts.com/
international monthly magazine for fiber and textile artists
http://members.aol.com/FiberNews/
Discover FIBRE ART SYNERGY -an artistic movement gathering creators whose practice
shows an interest in fibre art- either through its aim, values and mission, than through
works of artists who are members, its exhibitions, the publications of its catalogues,
or even the meetings for artists it organizes.
http://www.fibre-art-synergy.com/
Personalized Embellishments is the exclusive Canadian distributor for
Bubble Jet Set (BJS). Use BJS to prepare 100\% cotton or silk fabric for
printing through your bubble/ink jet printer. Visit our site for order
information, Fabric Data Bank, Projects & Tips and more.
http://fabricdesignexchange.fabricprintingfx.com/
Textile resources for medieval and modern tablet weaving, sprang, naalbinding, braiding.
http://www.stringpage.com/
This is an art gallery and education site where you can find: Weaving, Yarn, Looms, classes in art, activities for Girl Scouts, Tammy Deck Chicago, Tammy Deck, Tammy Deck, Lampwork Glass Bead making, Design, Design, Design,Classes, Classesfiber art, crafts, Lampwork Glass Bead Making, spinning and more....all in Westmont, IL (Illinois)
http://www.tlddesigns.com/
English: The website of Birgitte Krag Hansen, Holbaek, Denmark. Information about feltmaking, felt courses and exhibitions. Includes picture gallery. Dansk: Birgitte Krag Hansens hjemmeside. Information om filtning, filtekurser, udstillinger m.v. Desuden billedgalleri.
http://www.feltmaking.dk/english/
http://www.fibrearts.iscn.ca/
http://www.rupr.com/
Making the artwork - Screen Printing
http://www.hobbydo.com/screen_printing/making_the_artwork.htm
Rabbit Goody Historic Textiles offers museum consulting, historic fabric reproduction and Summer Textile Institute.
http://www.rabbitgoody.com/
Weavescene, an electronic journal for the weaving community dedicated to helping expand the weaving horizon.
http://www.weavescene.com
http://www.traditionaltextiles.com/
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Wikipedia-Article "Textiles"
- This article is about the type of material. Textile is also a jargon term used by naturists or nudists to describe a person who wears clothes. Textile is also a kind of ReStructured Text.
A textile is any type of material made from fibers or other extended linear materials such as thread or yarn (1). Classes of textiles include woven, crochet, knitted, knotted (as in macrame) or tufted cloth, and non-woven fabrics such as felt. Materials such as fiberglass, which are made from fibers dispersed in a matrix of another material are considered composite materials rather than textiles.
The production of textiles is an ancient craft, whose speed and scale of production has been altered almost beyond recognition by mass-production and the introduction of modern manufacturing techniques. However, a Roman weaver would have no problem recognizing modern plain weave, twill or satin.
Many textiles have been in use for millennia, while others use artificial fibers and are recent inventions. The range of fibers has increased in the last 100 years. The first synthetics were made in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Sources and types
Textiles can be made from a variety of materials. The following is a partial list of the materials that can be used to make textiles.
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Animal origin
- Alpaca
- Thread
- Angora rabbit hair
- Camel hair
- Cashmere
- Mohair
- Silk
- Vicuña hair
- Wool: divided into woollen and worsted
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Vegetable
- Bark cloth has various uses, and is used in sheets.
- Coir: the fibre from coconuts.
- Cotton
- Grass, rush and straw
- Hemp (mostly used in rope making)
- Jute
- Kapok
- Linen, made from flax
- Nettle: processed in a similar manner to flax.
- Ramie
- Seaweed: a water soluble fibre (alginate) is produced. This is used as a holding fibre in the production of certain textiles: when the cloth is finished the alginate is dissolved, leaving an open area.
- Sisal
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Derived from plant products
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Mineral
- Asbestos
- Glass fibres can be used in the manufacture of textiles for insulation and other purposes.
- Metal fibre, metal wire and metal foil have some uses in textiles, either on their own or with other materials (see, for example, goldwork embroidery).
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Synthetic
- Acrylic fiber
- Lurex
- Spandex, tactel, lycra and other 'stretch' fabrics
- Nylon fiber
- Polyester fiber
- Polypropylene (comes under various common trade names such as Olefin or Herculon)
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Production methods
- Braiding/Plaiting
- Crochet – usually by hand.
- Felt – fibres are matted together to produce a cloth.
- Knitting – by hand or on knitting machines (see stocking frame).
- Knotting, including macrame: used in making nets.
- Lace – again both hand made and machine made.
- Pile fabrics – carpets and some rugs
- Velvet, velveteen, plush fabrics and similar have a secondary set of yarns which provide a pile.
- Weaving – the cloth is prepared on a loom, of which there are a number of types. Some weaving is still done by hand, but the vast majority is mechanised.
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Processes
- Carding
- Bleaching – where the natural or original colour of the textile is removed by chemicals or exposure to sunlight.
- Dyeing – adding colour to textiles: there is a vast range of dyes, natural and synthetic, some of which require mordants.
- Textile printing
- Embroidery – threads which are added to the surface of a finished textile for ornamentation.
- Starching
- Waterproofing and other finishings.
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Uses
Textiles have been used in almost every possible context where their properties are useful. In cleaning
- Bags and other means of carrying objects
- Balloons, kites, sails, parachutes and other transport use. Early airplanes used cloth as part of the construction.
- Clothing
- Flags
- Furnishings, including towels and table cloths
- Geotextiles
- Industrial and scientific uses, including filtering
- Nets
- Rugs and carpets
- Tents
- Towels
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See also
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External links
- Carpet construction and texture
- Weaving document archive
- A Glossary of Fabrics in sixteenth-Century Italy
- The Anatolian art of hand-printed textiles
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