Love this stuff.
A medium-weight handwoven inabel blanket from Ilocos, Philippines, featuring the admired kusikus pattern for which Ilocano weaving is renowned. Kusikus is a circular pattern known for its dizzying appearance, said to ward off malevolent winds and ill spirits.
Source: https://narrastudio.com/.../ilocos-kusikus-throw-blanket
Wonky coding in progress: Am trying to learn how to work on an algorithm to make proper circular patterns emerge.
Ilocano Handwoven Textile
(and in pink)
https://editor.p5js.org/codeswitchstudio/sketches/vk87df9hn
Research/Inspo/Related Literature
The Geometry of Philippine Textiles
https://narrastudio.com/blogs/journal/the-geometry-of-philippine-textilesDigital Ikat as shared by Computational Mama last time
https://hasgeek.com/digikat/ikat-primer/
Kristine Peñafiel Saliviejo who weaves using kusikus patterns
http://kristinesalviejo.com/salviejo-shop/lookbook.html
Himali Singh Soin’s double ikat sound-weave laden with so much meaning
Also spotted a kusikus-like pattern in the my Big Data, Big Design book illustrated by Keetra Dean Dixon
https://fromkeetra.com/
