7. Open Source hardware: from fibers to fabric

Industrial Braiding Machines

Kumihimo, and Japanese Rope Making

Clockwise, Sacred Rope (Shimenawa), Izumo Taisha Shrine / Kumihimo Braids, Domyo / Knot, Shigeki Fujishiro / Kumihimo Braiding // First three from WA by Rosella Menegazzo and Stefania Piotti, last source unknown

Physical Machine

Software

Screenshots from this software demo by Stif Anton Nielsen,