01 / INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE/ ŁÓDŹ, POLAND
TKALNIA / J–24
Łódź Jacquard-Inspired Weaving Laboratory
01JACQUARD-INSPIRED
CARD CONTROL
CARD CONTROL
02WARP / WEFT
INTERLACING
INTERLACING
VIRTUAL TEXTILE MILL
12 WARP ENDS · 12-CARD REPEAT · BLENDER MODEL
PICKS COMPLETED000weft insertions
ACTIVE CARD01 / 12binary lift plan
WARP ENDS LIFTED06 / 12current pick
MACHINE STATESHED OPENINGrunning cycle
HOW IT WORKS / 01
A punched-card-style binary pattern selects which longitudinal warp threads rise. The shuttle carries the transverse weft across the shed; a reed then beats the pick into the cloth. Each cycle stores the actual card used.
HERITAGE NOTE
Built from the language of industry.
Łódź grew into a major textile manufacturing centre during the nineteenth century. This educational, Jacquard-inspired exhibit demonstrates lifting, shed formation, weft insertion and pattern repetition. It is an original simplified machine, not a measured digital reconstruction of an individual historic loom.
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