Sprang: Exploring an Ancient Form of Textile Weaving Through Handwork, Movement, and Poetry

Year: 2024 Authors: Susan Gerofsky; Samuel J. Milner

Core claim

Sprang offers an embodied way to connect textile practice with braid groups, chirality, and combinatoric poetry while producing elastic fabric and coordinated movement.

Topics

sprang weaving, embodied mathematics, combinatoric poetry, textile arts

Domains

braid theory, chirality, combinatorics, geometric structure, textile art, dance, poetry, craft education

Methods

hands-on workshop, small-scale weaving, room-sized coordinated dance, group poetry creation

Media

warp threads, loom, textile samples, printed poems

Source status

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