Both are based on binary systems, and the Dutch artist Anna Lucia Goense is mining that fact for inspiration. Needlework and computer coding might seem to be incongruous pursuits, but for the Dutch ...

Banarasi sarees, originating from Varanasi, are exquisite silk heirlooms steeped in history and culture, blending Indian ...

A machine for weaving with the wind. An exploration into new mechanisms for jacquard weaving, as well as an ongoing interest in asking how non-human materials or forces can be engaged as collaborators ...

At the end of that hall is an 1800s Jacquard loom with the original punch card machine. A video explains how the loom can be seen as a link to the beginning of modern computing. In the center of the ...

Inspired by the recent invention of the Jacquard Loom, which used hole-punched cards to “program” a pattern to be woven into a textile automatically, Babbage saw that these same punched cards ...

Why is fussy jacquard showing up everywhere, ... (It’s worth noting this was the case until the early 1800s, when the invention of the Jacquard loom brought these textiles to the masses).

Ryan Preciado’s sculpture, Sarah Rosalena’s weave and Bárbara Sánchez-Kane’s hybrid installation will be on view at MCASD through Nov. 2.