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Pulling weaver's sword out
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci pulls out the weaver's sword from the backstrap loom that she just finished setting up. She is in the process of strapping herself ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Strapped to the loom
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci strapped to the backstrap loom. She pulled the cloth beam through the thick belt she has around her waist. She is now adjusting ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Examining warp
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci examining the warp wound on the shed rod of a backstrap loom she is setting up. She just trapped herself to it hooking ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Smoothing warp
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci smoothing out the warp layers on the backstrap loom she is setting up.
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Smoothing warp
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci smoothing out the warp layers on the backstrap loom she is setting up.
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Counter shed
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci pulling up the lower level warp threads to form a counter shed. The counter shed forms when the lower level warp crosses the ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Counter shed
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci inserting a weaver's sword between the counter shed that forms when the two warp layers cross.
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Making tabby heddle
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci starting to make a tabby heddle for the backstrap loom she is setting up. She has inserted the weaver's sword in the counter ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Making tabby heddle
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci starting to make a tabby heddle for the backstrap loom she is setting up. She has inserted the weaver's sword in the counter ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Lease cross on backstrap loom
Photo from Dimen Village of a lease cross on a backstrap loom. The metal shed rod separates the warp into two layers. A weaver's sword is inserted n the counter ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Tabby heddle
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci beginning to make the tabby heddle for a backstrap loom using a small heddle stick. The backstrap loom is attached to her waist ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Heddle stick
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci beginning to make the tabby heddle for a backstrap loom using a small heddle stick. Using a three-ply black thread, she makes a ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Making tabby heddle
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci making the tabby heddle for a backstrap loom using a small heddle stick. Using a black thread, she makes a loop around each ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Making tabby heddle
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci making the tabby heddle for a backstrap loom using a small heddle stick. Using a three-ply black thread, she makes a loop around ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Tabby heddle detail
Photo from Dimen Village of a detail of a tabby heddle that Wu Mnci is making on a backstrap loom. Using a three-ply black thread, she makes a loop around ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Tabby heddle detail
Photo from Dimen Village of a detail of a tabby heddle that Wu Mnci is making on a backstrap loom. Using a three-ply black thread, she makes a loop around ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Tabby heddle
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci pulling the bamboo weaver's sword out after finishing the tabby heddle for her backstrap loom. As the bottom warp threads can be pulled ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Finished tabby heddle
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci pulling the bamboo weaver's sword out after finishing the tabby heddle for her backstrap loom. As the bottom warp threads can be pulled ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Natural tabby shed
Photo from Dimen Village of a detail of finished backstrap loom with a tabby heddle.
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Natural tabby shed
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci inserting the weaver's sword in the tabby natural shed of the backstrap loom. Wu Mnci is using her left index finger to hold ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Inserting weft in counter-shed
Photo from Dimen Village of the process of weaving on the backstrap loom. The weaver's sword is stood upright in the tabby counter-shed as the weft thread is pulled through ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Spacing warp ends on shed rod
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci fixing and spacing out the warp ends wrapped around the shed rod while weaving on a backstrap loom.
...Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Beating the fell
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci beating the fell, or the edge of fabric just woven, with the weaver's sword after the weft is pulled through the natural tabby ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Picking warp ends with weaver's sword
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci picking specific warp ends with the weaver's sword to form a pattern she is making on a backstrap loom.
...Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Weaving a pattern
Photo from Dimen Village of a detail pattern forming when Wu Mnci weaves a flower belt on a backstrap loom.
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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