TYPES OF LOOMS:
- handlooms: manual control of warp and weft
- punchcard looms: drum or continuous,
fixed, punched pattern controlling the shafts
- digital looms: shaft is controlled directly from a computer

#inspiration: DIY LOOMS (punchcard or digital)

#inspiration: OTHER RELEVANT DIY MACHINES

tablet weaving:cards do not controll the pattern with
mediation but the warp in a direct way

http://www.kloth.net/services/cardpunch.php

THE WEBMACHINE

an interactive online piece
on the forgotten female side of computer history

# punchcards

#weaving

The Web machine is the manifestation of an alternative new media machine, a piece that translates binary text to visual code simulating the technology of punch-card tablet weaving. An imaginary archaeology of the computer invented by female cultural tradition to replace ‘male machines’, that merges the logic of punch cards, weaving patterns and computing.

http://blprnt.com/infiniteweft/