5/17/2023 0 Comments Jacquard softwareLast weekend I spent several hours in the Fashion Museum in Bath, thinking tranquil thoughts about Spitalfields silk, Jacquard looms, and the way some of these beautiful textiles relate directly to the history of programming. In case you hadn’t already noticed, I am also a computing history nerd. What’s all this got to do with Raspberry Pi? If you’ve got a big wall to decorate, you could do a lot worse than hitting eBay and wallowing in kimonos. I have a theory about textile art being considered domestic, female art – and therefore, for cultural reasons I don’t care for very much, deprecated in comparison with other sorts of art, and a hell of a lot cheaper per square foot than paintings or prints in frames. There’s a 200-year-old cushion made of strips of worn-out Regency clothes (which nobody is allowed to sit on) in my living room Mandarin sleeves I’ve rescued from rummage bins in Hong Kong and framed on the walls, and a rotation of vintage wedding kimonos and obis that hang up at the end of the hall. I’m not alone at Pi Towers (hi Lorna! Hi Rachel!) in being a textiles nerd.
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