With this Champa Station Loom of the Cham people we are going to reach Central Vietnam backstrap weaving. At the moment we are still busy setting up the space warper for that trip, tuning the beamed warp and the loom.
By the support of this gorgeous station-type of Austronesian loin loom we reach the lost Kingdom of Champa somewhere in time between 1st and 19th century CE. The kingdom of the Cham people is vanished from the map, but the Champa Station loom is still in use; even not many of them are left.
[03] Presentation of an experimental backstrap weaving loin loom of the Cham people in Central/Southern Vietnam. Yes, Vietnam! Not Africa, nor South America! It represents the inner message of Cham people and has to be count to the last relics of their culture. And it's not primitive, it's gorgeous! And if you think, it's simple, you miss the art within! Austronesian loin looms like this have to be recognized as their cultural library, while their textiles are books for the world and letters of...