Warp & Weft

A loom that plays the workshop

Plain weave

pick 1 of 16

recording

Beat

Shuffle

Room

Width

Grit

Level

Each row is a shaft, each column a pick of the weft. Tap the grid to tie a shaft to a pick, or drag across it to paint. The cloth below is the real drawdown: where a shaft lifts, its warp thread shows on top. Press a treadle at any time to strike a sound by hand. Keys 1 to 8 do the same. Tension retunes a sound the way tightening a warp thread changes its voice. Everything is synthesised in the page. Nothing is recorded, uploaded or stored.