Traditional Lao textiles are wealth in religious motifs, the motifs and patterns on the textiles reflect traditions, beliefs and livelihood of people. The structure of Lao motifs and patterns are complicated, but weav...Traditional Lao textiles are wealth in religious motifs, the motifs and patterns on the textiles reflect traditions, beliefs and livelihood of people. The structure of Lao motifs and patterns are complicated, but weaving processes still use traditional techniques and simple floor-loom. Therefore, it takes a lot of time for making a weave-draft on the loom and percentage of losing weave-drafts is very high. In contrast, industrial textiles use electronic loom and digital weave-drafts to produce fabrics, which are suitable for fast production but lack complicated traditional patterns. As a result, this paper introduces scientific approaches for digitizing motifs, patterns, and weave-drafts of traditional Lao textiles. Mathematical principles of Frieze and Wallpaper groups are investigated for digital design. The paper presents two standard files, image file format and WIF file as digital weave-draft in order to fill the gap between traditional and modem weave techniques. The standard files are understandable and usable for both hand-weavers and weaving machines. Our study shows that a modern electronic TC2 loom is a suitable loom to connect between traditional Lao weave technique and modem weave technique.展开更多
文摘Traditional Lao textiles are wealth in religious motifs, the motifs and patterns on the textiles reflect traditions, beliefs and livelihood of people. The structure of Lao motifs and patterns are complicated, but weaving processes still use traditional techniques and simple floor-loom. Therefore, it takes a lot of time for making a weave-draft on the loom and percentage of losing weave-drafts is very high. In contrast, industrial textiles use electronic loom and digital weave-drafts to produce fabrics, which are suitable for fast production but lack complicated traditional patterns. As a result, this paper introduces scientific approaches for digitizing motifs, patterns, and weave-drafts of traditional Lao textiles. Mathematical principles of Frieze and Wallpaper groups are investigated for digital design. The paper presents two standard files, image file format and WIF file as digital weave-draft in order to fill the gap between traditional and modem weave techniques. The standard files are understandable and usable for both hand-weavers and weaving machines. Our study shows that a modern electronic TC2 loom is a suitable loom to connect between traditional Lao weave technique and modem weave technique.
