Design / United Arab Emirates30.12.1969
Threaded Narratives: The Future of Gulf Textiles
Digital looms are preserving Bedouin craftsmanship while enabling smaller production runs.
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Al-Sadu weaving has survived on patience. The new looms shorten the sampling cycle without shortening the learning.
A cooperative in Kuwait now trains twelve weavers a year, half of them under thirty.
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