Journey of a Thousand Shuttles
The Philippine Weave
Norma Absing Respicio
National Commission For Culture And The Arts (NCCA), Manila 2014, 154 pages with over 100 colored and black and white photographs, ISBN 978-971-814-207-3
euro 80,00 n/a
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This book is about the textile weaving traditions practiced by various ethno-linguistic groups in the Philippines. It presents a short but carefully woven narrative of their development from their earliest possible beginnings, as suggested by archaeological finds spanning the centuries of colonial rule to the present.
This a journey that started between eight thousand and four thousand years ago when the first evidence of the presence of weaving technology was discovered in northern Philippines, and which is still endlessly shuttling in widespread key areas in the Philippines to this day, to create the fabric that evince a facet of the craft and artistry of the Filipino people.
This book depicts this journey of weaving as each fabric is woven from the backstrap loom, the pedal -driven frame loom, and the tapestry loom, with the ethnic mental templates that exemplify the genius of Filipino weavers.
30/10/21
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