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Article
Digitizing Traditional Lao Textile to Modern Weave Technique
Author(s)
Lathsamy Chidtavong
Michael Winckler, Hans Georg Bock
Marion Ellwanger-Mohr
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DOI:10.17265/1537-1506/2016.11.004
Affiliation(s)
National University of Laos (NUOL), Vientiane Capital, Laos
Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
University of Applied Sciences, Mönchengladbach, Germany
ABSTRACT
Traditional Lao textiles
are wealth in religious motifs, the motifs and patterns on the textiles reflect
traditions, beliefs and livelihood of people. The structure of Lao motifs and
patterns are complicated, but weaving processes still use
traditional techniques and simple floor-loom. Therefore, it takes a lot of time
for making a weave-draft on the loom and percentage of losing weave-drafts is
very high. In contrast, industrial textiles use electronic loom and digital
weave-drafts to produce fabrics, which are suitable for fast production but
lack complicated traditional patterns. As a result, this paper introduces scientific approaches for
digitizing motifs, patterns, and weave-drafts of traditional Lao textiles.
Mathematical principles of Frieze and Wallpaper groups are investigated for
digital design. The paper presents two standard files, image file format and
WIF file as digital weave-draft in order to fill the gap between traditional
and modern weave techniques. The standard files are understandable and usable
for both hand-weavers and weaving machines.
Our study shows that a modern electronic TC2
loom is a suitable loom to connect between traditional
Lao weave technique and
modern weave technique.
KEYWORDS
frieze group, wallpaper group, Lao textile, WIF file and TC2 loom
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