I began weaving in 2011 (9 years ago) as part of my undergraduate curriculum at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and developed an immediate fondness towards it. Maybe it was realizing how hundreds of threads could be intertwined to create a piece of cloth or the poetry of colorful rhythms created by a multitude of weave structures. Either way it was magical and the possibilities were endless. Weaving has made me patient (not losing my cool when one out of a thousand threads break), taught me attention to detail (finding the same broken end among thousands) and ultimately made me humble by appreciating and respecting the handloom craft traditions of India.
RHYTHM
It’s almost meditative to watch the threads pass through individual heddles in a musical rhythm winding upon the beam. A slow engaging process.
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BALANCE
A good warp is all about finding balance, making sure the threads all dance to the same amount of tension throughout, not a little less and not a little more.
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COORDINATION
And then finally comes the weaving part which makes you realize all the things you’re capable of after all your hard work. It engages the entire body and requires some serious mind and body coordination after getting the hang of which it almost feels like a trance as your body moves along in a certain rhythm. It’s a place for calming my mind.
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MUSIC
Drowning in the musical beat of the loom.
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TOUCH
Until you stop and touch your creation. It’s a tactile ecstasy, pure bliss of creation. But not always, there’s a reason it teaches patience as you'll only be figure out the exactly success of the piece after you take the warp off the loom. So until then you wait and patiently carry on.
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FRUITION
And finally for my most favorite part, the unraveling of the warp, the time to finally cut the ties and and move on to a new warp, new rhythm and new possibilities.
