JACQUARD CARPET WEAVING FOR ARTIST HEBA AMIN

Textile expertise & production for Artist Heba Amin with Textile Prototyping Lab, Art-Acadamy Weißensee, Berlin

2019

 

 

Handwoven on Jacquardloom, 140 cm x 2m

Heba Amin is an conceptual, Egyptian Artist based in Berlin. For her exhibition “Reimagined Narrati- ves” Art D’Egypte” (Oct 17 – Nov 9 2019) the probably first Photograph which was taken in Egypt and Africa by the French Frederic Goupil – Fes- quet, 1839 - showing a building of Mohammed Ali ́s harem palace at Ras el tin, Alexandria was hand- woven with an computer programmed Jacquard weaving Loom with the materials wool and cotton. - further infos about heba amins project - windows on the west

photos by heba amin, Cairo 2019
photos by heba amin, Cairo 2019