* Weaving*, a photo from Cusco, South

Photographer's Note

Day 10 - During our visit to a traditional weaver's cooperative in Chinchero we had the opportunity to see how they work and to accompany the weaving process from the beginning (to see the previous steps please check previous posts). Here we see her weaving using a loom, which is a machine or device for weaving thread or yarn into textiles. They can range from very small hand-held frames (like the one she is working with), to large free-standing hand looms (the one in he workshop), to huge automatic mechanical devices.
In practice, the basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads (a wider view of her is posted as WS to show more how this loom looks like). In general, weaving involves the interlacing of two sets of threads at right angles to each other: the warp and the weft (the yarn which is shuttled back and forth across the warp to create a woven fabric). The warp are held taut and in parallel order by means of a loom. The loom is warped (or dressed) with the warp threads passing through heddles on two or more harnesses. The warp threads are moved up or down by the harnesses creating a space called the shed. The weft thread is wound onto spools called bobbins. The bobbins are placed in a shuttle which carries the weft thread through the shed. The raising/lowering sequence of warp threads gives rise to many possible weave structures from the simplest plain weave (also called tabby), through twills and satins to complex computer-generated interlacing." (From Wikipedia)For me that never had seem that before it seem rather complicated!

I'm a bit disappointed about the little attention this series is getting, but the purpose here is to incentivate and valorizes the wonderful work done by those women by getting people to know better what they do, so I'll continue to post. The picture was just resized for the web. Any critic for technical improvements on the shots is more them welcome. Thanks for the visit.

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gabrielpat (7163) 2006-10-20 17:51

bonsoir Flavia,
Rien a redire sur cette belle photo,je penses que c'est une de tes meilleures.Les couleurs sont vives mais naturelles,le cadrage impeccable.
Le doigt donne du mouvement ŕ cette image.

lucski (3691) 2006-10-20 17:57

hi Flavia
this is very good photo with great colours, sharp and details...
i realy like it
greetings lukasz

ALIRIZA (16423) 2006-10-20 18:00

Hi Flavia,
Interesting post and note...Nice crop.Good POV and beutiful composition.Have a nice weekend...
Ali Rıza

gypsygirl58 (1329) 2006-10-20 19:30

Hi Flavia,
Great everyday life shot!! Love the detailed close up of the hands and the weaving. Great notes too, have a nice weekend! :-)
Cheers Tina

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2006-10-20 19:33

Esta está muito melhor. Direi mesmo, muito linda. A profundidade de campo concentrada nas măos ficou excelente e as cores săo muito bonitas. Gosto muito.
Antonio

paura (25802) 2006-10-20 20:52

Muita interessante sua foto, Flavia.
Excelente fotometris e POV dessa cena repleta de cores.

Paulo

izmirli (3989) 2006-10-20 20:54

merhaba flavia
very good artwork picture.beautiful composition and note.very nice colours.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

MIG13 (0) 2006-10-20 21:52

Oi, Flávia! Foto de cores fortes e detalhes interessantes! Composiçăo caprichada e texto, como sempre, idem! Abraço! Miguel.

deblink (2548) 2006-10-20 22:50

I agree with you Flavia that the women do wonderful work and probably for little pay. The colours of the wool and the lady's clothing in your image are glorious. The notes are very informative too. Thank you so much for sharing and recognising the hard work of the women, much appreciated.
Cheers,
Debbie

alainh (33209) 2006-10-21 0:43

Bonjour Flavia
un tres joli gros plan sur le travail de ces mains sur ce tissage péruvien. le rendu est superbe abec cette diagonale, cette excellente profondeur de champs et ces couleurs fortes.
ce pays semble t'avoir fascinée !
merci pour ton tres bon français !!!
bon Week-end Flavia
amicalement
alain

faubry (35447) 2006-10-21 5:27

Bonjour Flavia, very good close up on hands at work!! beautiful colors
well done
francien

tabora (0) 2006-10-21 7:22

Bonjour falvai,
Trčs trčs belle capture,tu as bien figer le doigté expert avec de magnifiques teintes vives.
Amitiés Joseph

bibiweb (8) 2006-10-21 8:41

Bonjour Flavia,
Elle superbe cette image! C'est une trčs bonne idée d'avoir voulu faire ce gros plan sur ces mains qui tissent et le rendu de couleurs et de textures est excellent. J'ai été un peu absente de TE ces derničres semaines, mais je suis trčs contente de revenir et de redécouvrir ta galerie.
Amicalement, Brigitte

Cricri (176) 2006-10-21 10:32

Bonjour Flavia,
Intéressante image bien capturer, les détails et la variétés des couleurs sont magnifiques, belle lumiére, bon DOF, trés joli
bon Weekend
cricri

rbcy1974 (20758) 2006-10-21 13:33

Hello Flavia
Wonderful detail and great use of the strong light,
I like the predomiance of red colours
very well done.
Regards
Daniel
PS, got your message, very interesting coincidence indeed. Where in canada do you live? I work for Airbus what about your husband? I gues we can carry on the dialoge by email.

agbonavita (0) 2006-10-21 14:15

gostei mais do angulo da foto que comentei anteriormente, mas as cores aqui estăo ótimas assim como a luz. Devem ser lindos os trabalhos obtidos por essas ageis măos femininas. Aqui no Brasil nas regiőes de interior encontramos também essas rendeiras que fazem pelos tapetes e capas para sofás.
Pena năo está conseguindo o resultado espera, bom eu estou adorando essas fotos.
Abraço
Andre

cyrrhus (2878) 2006-10-22 5:29

Bonjour Flavia,

Effectivement, en plus d'ętre un magnifique témoignage du travail de ces femmes, cette photo est trčs jolie.
Couleurs vives, souci du détail, cadrage oblique.
Bravo
Eric /.

Jeronimo (1382) 2006-10-23 18:54

Hola Flavia,
J'adore cette photo... hop dans mes favoris. Tu as fait de l'exelent travail et ta note est superbe. Il y a un superbe bohek qui focalise l'attention sur les mains.

Bravo.

Scharan (14144) 2006-10-25 19:45

Olá Flavia
Gosto muito desta foto mostrando o trabalho no tear. Cores vivas muito bonitas, boa captura. Parabéns Flavia.
Grande abraço,
Vera.

shirgold (2485) 2006-11-03 17:35

Hi Flavia,
I love these Andean weaving, the best quality are made in Bolivia and Peru.
I like the composition here - the hands at work, the colorful threads, the loom.
TFS - Shir

ramesh_lalwani (3213) 2006-11-07 0:41

Hi Flavia
You have captured lovely colors in this closeup shot.It will interest you to learn that almost similar weaving method is adopted in North eastern India and Myanmar.TFS
Ramesh

JEPC (1305) 2006-11-07 15:41

Olá Flávia,
É uma pena que falte tempo para poder visitar páginas feito a sua com maior frequęncia no TE.Esta sua série da viagem ao Peru está fantástica complementadas com notas cuidadosas e esclarecedoras.Esta foto em especial, plena de cores e vida, com um enquadramento que capturou a cerne da tarefa,
ilustra muito bem a qualidade a e arte do seu trabalho.
Parabéns,
Joăo eduardo

vincz (19113) 2006-11-10 3:25

Superbe composition en diagonale avec une si beau melange de rouge et de vert. tres belle photo.

Elric (560) 2007-01-31 16:36

This is a truly professional photo! I love your POV, the details and the framing. The colours are superb and the very good light (sunlight I suppose) gives to your photo a "mystique" atmosphere. I believe that this is the most interesting photo from your weaver's series and definetely my favourite! Th note was great too. TFS.
Makis