Weaving Pattern Designs on a Frame Loom

Loom Types and Uses

A course by Rachel Snack , Textile Artist

100% positive reviews (12)

938 students

Audio: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese

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About the video: Loom Types and Uses

Overview

“In this lesson, I’ll talk about the different weaving loom types and the textiles they create.”

In this video lesson Rachel Snack addresses the topic: Loom Types and Uses, which is part of the Domestika online course: Weaving Pattern Designs on a Frame Loom. Learn the intricate art of weaving patterns using a frame loom to create beautiful designs for your final project.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we're going to talk about loom types and their uses. There are many types of looms because weaving is one of the oldest art forms, but today we're going to talk about three. So the three looms that we're going to talk about are the frame loom, the rigid heddle loom, and the floor loom. The frame loom is the loom that we're gonna be weaving on in this course. This is what the frame loom looks like. Characteristics of a frame loom is that it looks like a frame. You are relegated to the size of the loom. So depending on the size of your frame, that's as large as your weaving ca...”

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Course summary for: Weaving Pattern Designs on a Frame Loom

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (12)
938 students
4 units
15 lessons (1h 32m)
5 downloads

Category
Craft
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Interactive Design, Pattern Design, Weaving

Rachel Snack

A course by Rachel Snack

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Textile Artist

Rachel Snack is a weaver, educator and textile artist. She received her Bachelor of Fine Art in Fiber & Material Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her Master of Science in Textile Design from Philadelphia University.

Rachel is the founder of Weaver House, a textile studio, yarn shop and weaving school dedicated to preserving craft tradition through hand-making and weaving education.

Rachel has conserved objects for exhibitions at The National Constitution Center, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Fabric Workshop & Museum, The NY Public Library and The Museum of Arts and Design. She has exhibited her work internationally, and taught courses on weaving and fiber dyeing to hundreds of students. She has been an artist-in-residence at T.E.X.E.R.E in Mexico, The Burren College of Art in Ireland, and Awamaki in Peru.