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Tablet Weaving Gallery

Double-faced tablet-woven pangrams by Linda Hendrickson
Tablet weaving is an excellent technique for weaving letters. These original pangrams show the letter shapes in my book Please Weave a Message: Instructions and Graphs for Tablet-Woven Calligraphy. Click on any of the six bands below for details and larger views of the woven letters.

Other double-faced tablet-woven inscription bands by Linda Hendrickson

Double-faced tablet-woven band by Linda Hendrickson with traditional Persian designs

I found the graphs for these designs in Otfried Staudigel's book Tablet Weaving Magic. This book is a wonderful source of traditional Persian designs. These were found on bands known as "band-e-gondaq", translated as "diaper bands". In his book, Otfried states "...they were meant to hold the clothes of infants." Until the beginning of the 20th century "such bands were given on the occasion of a birth. Apart from the pictorial symbols, they contained wishes for the protection of the infant and mother. Text and pictures were separately framed by checkered arcades."

Tablet Weaving Magic includes information about each band, including where it currently resides.

Perle cotton, using 36 tablets in the double-faced design area and 12 tablets on each side for the warp-twined borders. 2-3/4" x 43" plus 6" fringe on each end, 2001.

Double-faced tablet-woven bands by Linda Hendrickson with traditional designs from Sulawesi, Indonesia

band with traditional motifs of the Mamasa Toraja

band with traditional motifs of the Sa'dan Toraja

Double-faced tablet-woven band by Linda Hendrickson with designs inspired by African textiles

Double-faced tablet-woven bookmarks by Linda Hendrickson

Three bookmarks featuring designs from my book Double-Faced Tablet Weaving: 50 Designs from Around the World.
10/2 perle cotton, with 48 tablets in the design area.

"The Triumph of Art", by Linda Hendrickson and Randy Rasmussen

My tablet weaving with sterling silver wire was made into art medals by Randy Rasmussen

Tablet-woven wire rain chain by Linda Hendrickson with hammered basin by Rebecca Melton

rain chain made from tablet-woven copper and brass wire with hammered brass basin

Tablet-woven jewelry by Linda Hendrickson

[tubular warp twining with beaded lizard pin]

Tablet-woven reproduction by Linda Hendrickson of a 2-strand warp-twined band from Sumatra, Indonesia

Tablet weaving experiments by Linda Hendrickson

[Spaced-Out tablet weaving sample in fine worsted wool]

Tablet weaving experiments including using a reed to create soft fabrics, weave structures including gauze weave and basket weave, copper wire for both warp and weft, warp-twined double-cloth, and more.

Double-faced Alphabelts and Inscription Belts by Peter Collingwood