By describing, enhancing, and disrupting their social activities through the use of textiles, habitants can reveal dialogues about their identities.
Fabric and textiles therefore play an integral role in how we perceive landscapes. This section looks at textiles in relation to art and social fabric as having a complicated dynamic.
Weaving Types and Methods
Slitweave
In kilim weaves, the wefts are divided by color-blocking and by leaving a slit between them. This results in geometric and diagonal designs.
Shared warp:
instead of leaving open slots, the weft threads are interlocked. This is frequently accomplished by utilizing different-colored weft blocks, which gives the patterns a somewhat blurred appearance.
Sumak
Warps are wrapped in mathematical patterns to create free reliefs on the designs' surfaces that mimic raised patterns. This strategy, which allows for the creation of a wide range of subjects, is considered the most difficult.
Zili
Extra wefts are encased around the warps to generate parallel cording in this style of float weave.
Textile and Attires
Color Postcards of Lebanon, Baalbak from the 1960s- The Photorientalist
Photostamps from hama, Homs