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Provides information about the properties and design considerations of materials. Includes online tests for revision.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/textiles/
Virtual museum presenting exhibits on fabric art, design and history.
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The Fabric Museum: Home Page Copyright 2003 The Fabric Museum. All Rights Reserved...Contains images and stories about weaving traditions with descriptions of spinning, dyeing and weaving processes used. By the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco, Peru.
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Descendants of the Incas: Inca weaving traditions and family ties. We hope the images and comments you explore will give you a flavor of the rich culture of Inca people living today near the city of Cusco, once the capital of the Inca empire. Descendants Of The Incas fulfills one...Information on a wide variety of techniques including braiding, tablet weaving, sprang and naalbinding.
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Phiala's String Page This page was originally created as a way to make my class handouts available to more people. It's grown a bit: this page now contains how-to information, photographs and resources lists for a wide variety of textile techniques. I have...A summary of plant materials that are used to make fabrics by the Centre for Canadian Fashion and Design.
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Internet Centre for Canadian Fashion and Design NTG International Inc Textile Dictionary L listing to this page or have any comments send a message to fashion@ntgi.net Abaca Fibre: Weave: Characteristics: This vegetable leaf fibre is derived from the Musa textilis plant. It is mainly grown in the Philippines but is also found,...