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Check out these different types of weavers. Slide 2 Weaving Slide 3 Weaving is an ancient craft that humans developed to meet the basic needs of clothing and shelter. Recent investigations have uncovered evidence of weaving in Europe as early as 27,000 years ago. The craft developed into an art form that has flourished in every culture around the world. Weaving is truly one of the common threads of human kind. Slide 4 Slide 5 Peru South America Slide 6 The artistic quality of Peruvian Andes textiles has been a source of awe for centuries. Intricate patterns and vibrant natural colors have made the piece collectors items since the time of the Spanish conquistadors of the 15 th century. In the days of the Incas, the status of a person was obvious by the weave of the clothes he wore. The tighter the weave and more complicated the pattern, the longer it took to make and the greater the pride of the wearer. Slide 7 Maya - Guatemala Slide 8 In Guatemala, weavers create complex, bright-colored blankets and clothing, including shirts called huipiles (whee peels), belts they sometimes wrap around their heads like turbans and skirts. Slide 9 Ghana Kente Cloth Slide 10 The most well- known type of West African cloth is probably kente cloth. It is woven by Ashanti of Ghana. (highly prestigious silk cloth, made exclusively for the king and his court) Slide 11 Slide 12 Colonial Weaving Slide 13 Weaving was not allowed by the British in Colonial America. Colonist were supposed to send unfinished goods like cotton and flax to Britain and buy finished cloth back from England. Nonetheless, many people wove cloth in Colonial America Slide 14 Navajo Slide 15 The Navajo are known for weaving beautiful wool rugs, blankets, and tapestries. Traditional, these rugs feature symbolic geometric shapes. Slide 16 Chilkat Northwest Coast Indians Slide 17 Chilkat blankets were traditionally woven by the Tlingit Indians out of mountain goat hair and cedar bark. They were five-sided, deeply fringed and were worn as capes during important ceremonies. The Chilkat blanket-weaving tradition largely died out a hundred years ago, and the antique ones now cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Slide 18 Slide 19 Gunta Stolzi Slide 20 Anni Albers Slide 21 Spaghetti by Courtney Puckett Slide 22 Jeanne Steiner Slide 23 You can start with PAPER WEAVING Slide 24 Weaving Projects Slide 25 Kind of Looms Floor Loom Table Loom Tapestry Loom Inkle Loom frame work or machine for interweaving yarns into fabric Slide 26 Circular Loom Slide 27 Kid Friendly Looms Lap Loom Peg Loom Pot Loom Cardboard box Loom Slide 28 Pot holder Slide 29 Cardboard Loom Lesson Plans Slide 30 Soda Straw Weaving Slide 31 Popsicle Stick Loom Slide 32 Finger weaving Slide 33 Friendship Bracelet Slide 34 Burlap Weaving (Un-weaving) Slide 35 Common expressions origins in WEAVING Shuttle is a tool that carries the weft back and forth across the warp and a space shuttle goes back and forth from space. At loose ends is unfocused and confused and it comes from loose warp ends and a problems they present to the weaver. New lease on life means getting a fresh start and it derived from a warp lease that is used to separate warp ends to keep them organized. Slide 36 Slide 37 Warp lengthwise threads on the loom Weft the crosswise yarn of a fabric (also called woof) Slide 38 Shuttles Stick Shuttle Rag and Rug Shuttles Ski Shuttles a device which holds the weft thread during the weaving process Slide 39 Beater used to push woven thread into place Slide 40 Weaving Vocabulary Shed the opening created when alternate warp threads are raised and lowered Tabby a simple weave where the weft alternates over one and under one warp end Weaving to make a fabric by interlacing warp and weft threads Slide 41 Slide 42 Slide 43 Slide 44 Slide 45 Slide 46