Category Archives: machines

Making Denim for Roy

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Seth Winner

Thank you , Internets, for the steady flow of videos that celebrate the construction of textiles. This one turned up a few days ago via twitter: @lbruning and I think i’ve watched it 20 times already. Back in June, I was first … Continue reading →

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Roy Denim

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Seth Winner

THIS is Textilesmithing. Roy makes jeans. He doesn’t slap his label on a sweatshop manufactured piece of shoddy workmanship and charge a mint for them. Roy smiths jeans. He takes denim, thread, rivets, and buttons, and with the great skill … Continue reading →

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The Beauty of the Weaving Mill

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Seth Winner

I’ve spent many hours standing in front of vibrating shaking rumbling industrial weaving machines during trial runs watching, with fascination, how the fabric comes together. Paramount Textiles must have been watching the same thing, because they put together this excellent … Continue reading →

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Lexus 3-D weaving

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Seth Winner

They oversell the technology a bit, it looks like they’re braiding tubes but the implication is they are weaving cars. Maybe they can’t show all of the technology for fear of idea theft, but it looks like they bought a … Continue reading →

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Sewing + Space Invaders + Zoetrope!

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Seth Winner

“I sewed you a zoetrope” says Moxie This makes me happy for no good reason. [via Boing Boing]

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Brick Carpet Loom

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Seth Winner

When I re-do my driveway, I want this machine and I don’t care if its not cost-effective and won’t even fit in my yard. This is a fantastic toy. I saw this over at Gizmodo last week and I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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