title: Analysis, Modeling and Generation of Traditional Lao Woven Textile
creator: Chidtavong, Lathsamy
subject: ddc-004
subject: 004 Data processing Computer science
description: Traditional Lao textiles are wealth in religious motifs, the motifs and patterns   on  the  textiles  reflect  traditions,  beliefs  and  livelihood  of  people.  The  creativity  in   playing with motifs and patterns represents valuable cultural heritage on clothes that   seriously needs to  be  preserved and protected before it  is depleted. The  structure of   Lao  motifs and  patterns are  complicated, but  weaving processes  still  use traditional   techniques  and  simple  floor-loom.  Therefore,  it  takes  a  lot  of  time  for  making  a   weave-draft  on  the  loom  and  percentage  of  losing  weave-drafts  is  very  high.  In   contrast,  industrial  textiles  use  electronic  loom  and  digital  weave-drafts  to  produce   fabrics,  which  are  suitable  for  fast  production  but  lack  complicated  traditional   patterns.   As a result, in this research we investigated different scientific algorithms for   digitizing  motifs,  patterns  and  weave-drafts  of  Lao  textiles  in  order  to  fill  the  gap   between traditional and modern weave techniques, and to improve processes of design   and  weaving.  We  developed  three  design  Lao  Textile  (LT)  modules  for  digitizing   leading  to  international  standard  formats  which  are  understandable  and  usable  for   both hand-weavers and weaving machines. The LT-Tieup module provides motifs and   patterns construction. The LT-Weave is for motifs and patterns modification, and the   LT-Design module is for textile design and visualization. All the digitized motifs and   patterns  are archived  on our  online  repository  for  cultural  preservation purpose,  the   online  repository  is  a  tool  to  store  weave-drafts  and  for  communication  among   researchers, weavers and cultural heritage experts. Experiment results of our research   show that our approach closes the gap between traditional weaving and digital weave   representations, fulfilling the aim of our project.
date: 2016
type: Dissertation
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/20605/1/Lathsamy%20Complete%20Thesis.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00020605
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-206053
identifier:   Chidtavong, Lathsamy  (2016) Analysis, Modeling and Generation of Traditional Lao Woven Textile.  [Dissertation]     
relation: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/20605/
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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language: eng