these threads are carefully weighed down and delicately hand-spooled. Then they're put into the loom. These fibers are fragile, but once woven, can be as durable as traditional silk. Phan has a ...

“Those Han looms weren’t just for luxury,” an unnamed ... similar to how ancient weavers positioned silk threads to depict dragons or clouds. Lab tests showed remarkable mechanical advantages.

Once dry, these threads are carefully weighed down and delicately hand-spooled. Then they're put into the loom. The fibers are much more fragile than worm silk, so they can only be hand-woven ...

An automated loom that transformed the 19th century textile industry and became the inspiration for future data processing machines. Developed by the French silk-weaver, Joseph-Marie Jacquard ...